It’s 170 cm long, which might sound giant for some, but it has a soft grip down approximately 1/3 of the shaft, meaning it can be held comfortably at a shorter length as well. The downside of a short handle is that you will need to be close to the ground; therefore, these may not be the best weeding tools for people who have difficulty kneeling or bending. It’s not particularly easy to use this tool in very hard ground, which is one downside, and you may need to loosen soil first especially if it is quite baked and solid. There is also an option with a telescopic handle available, in case you’re concerned about this being too short.

However, if you only want one – go for the tool that best suits the majority of the terrain that you have in your garden.

It’s also possible to remove most of the taproot of tough weeds like dandelions due to the decent length of the blade. Claw weeders and weeding knives are the most effective weeding tools because they can remove the whole weed and its root . They can be used in closely-planted areas where you might be trying to remove a weed from right next to another plant.

The tapered carbon-steel blade slides into the ground beside the weed, requiring leverage to eek both the weed and its roots out the ground. Of course, there are also weeding tools that aren’t capable of removing long rooted weeds, so you need to choose carefully depending on what you require. For an easy way to keep on top of weeds that keep popping up in flowerbeds and vegetable patches, this Wolf-Garten RFM 15 Multi-Change Push-Pull Weeder is one of the best raking tools to cut weeds off in their tracks. Your dispute or complaint will then be acknowledged within 2 working days and solved as soon as possible.You’ll also struggle to use it on ground that’s too hard – but when it rains, or the ground is damp from dew, the blades should be easy to push into the earth. With a 15 cm width, the blade head is both large enough to be efficient in open vegetable patches, and sufficiently narrow to tackle weeds that pop up between flowers without accidentally damaging any valuable garden plants. One of the biggest problems is that the chemicals have the potential to remain ‘active’ in the soil for a long time; as a result, they can have adverse effects on bio-organisms, animals, and plant life that weren’t the desired recipients of the product.