K.U.L.T. Fingerweeder
Range of Uses
Maize (corn), Tobacco, Sunflowers, Sugar beets, Soybeans , Cabbage, Lettuce, Beans, Leek, Tomatoes, Artichokes, Lavender, Kitchen and medical herbs, Strawberries, Pumpkins, Tree-nurseries, Roses and more.
Argus 3 point toolbar with hand steering provides very precise steering. Shown in single row tomatoes.
Soft orange fingers for use in light soils or for sensitive crops such as Pumpkin, shown here in maize (corn).
The K.U.L.T.-Kress Fingerweeder can be attached to most common steered cultivators. Here mounted on a French system in artichokes.
K.U.L.T. Fingerweeder
Objective of use | Weeding inside the plant row to avoid manual labour. |
Range of use |
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Operating principle | Rubber fingers grip from the side around the plant and there they hoe the weeds. The area that no other mechanical hoe can reach will be treated. |
Time of use | About 10 days after planting |
Mounting | Front, rear , tool carrier, horse drawn |
Row width | Small = ø 25 cm: 25 – 35 cm/ 10-14”
Medium = ø 29 cm: 35 – 55 cm/ 14-21,7” Large = ø 37 cm: from 50 cm/ 20” |
Clearance | 19.69 – 31.5”/50 – 80 cm (can be higher on request) |
Working depth | 0.8 – 1.6”/2 - 4 cm |
Working speed | 4 - 15 km/h / 2.48-9.32 m/h |
Possibilities of combinations | Can be attached to most common cultivators with steering |
Recommendation | To achieve the maximum weed-control, the Fingerweeder should be used when the weeds are just emerging. |