How to use Fokin flat cutter in the garden

Ploskorez Fokina - garden tools, the main purpose of which is weeding and loosening.

However, with it you can perform about two dozen operations in the garden and in the garden.

Ploskorezom can be cut and pull weeds. At the same time, the top layer of soil remains in place and loosens without reservoir circulation. This method of cultivating the land allows you to maintain its structure, preserves the inhabitants of the soil and does not require much effort. What is a flat cutter and how to use it correctly, we consider below.

Fokin's flat cutter: what is it

Ploskorez - gardening tools, which consists of a curved plate and cutting surfaces. The blades of the cutting part should always be well sharpened to reduce the resistance of the soil and cut plants.

The blades of a flat-cutter may not be sharp only in the case when the weeds are still young, with weak stems and the tool can not cut them,and pull with the root.

Today there are several types of flat-cutters for the suburban area:

• small - for quick and accurate weeding, sanding the soil, thinning seedlings;
• the large one is intended for the main jobs - forming and hilling the beds, mowing the grass, weeding;
• "Sturdy" - has a short blade, which allows its use on clay soils;
• "Small shelf" - has a longer and narrow blade, used for accelerated weeding;
• “Large shelf” is an analogue of a large flat-cutter, but with a longer blade;
• "Moguchnik" - with a wide blade, used for earthing up of plants.

Assembly instruction for flat cutter

The flat-cutter, when disassembled, consists of a bracket with a blade and two bolts (the handle is usually purchased separately). Of course, before you assemble Fokin's flat cutter, you need to read the instructions and focus on the drawing (video, photo).

Although it is worth noting that the assembly of this tool is extremely simple: the flat cutter is mounted on a flat handle, having a cross-sectional shape with a rounded edge, which allows you to hold it in any position.

The cutting for a flat cutter must be of sufficient length so that you do not have to bend down low. The optimal length is 110-130 cm (for tall people - up to 160 cm).

Before using the Fokin flat-cutter, it must be adjusted to the height and manner of work. A small flat cutter has for this purpose two ways of attaching the blades to the handle (by attaching the handle to the blade of one or another surface). The large flat cutter has 4 mounting methods: 2 are the same as the small one, and two more - due to the additional hole in the bracket.

It is recommended when attaching a flat cutter to a cutting under a bolt washer to place a flat metal washer - this will prolong the service life of the tool.

Properly adjusted garden planer will reduce physical effort during deep tillage, loosening or hilling.

How to work flat-cutter Fokina

Some gardeners are dissatisfied after working with the tool, since many do not know how to work correctly with the Fokin flat-cutter. As a rule, skills in working with other garden tools are also used when using a flat cutter.

When working with a flat cutter, there is no need to bend, you need to stand straight, holding the tool like a braid.

Soil loosening

Loosening and weeding is performed by the wide side of the blade - it enters the soil at an optimum distance (about 5 cm) and with a light movement it reaches over or along the bed. At the same time the tool resembles a braid The soil should not be prigrebatsya, and remain in place, loosened.

It is recommended to carry out weeding at the beginning of the growth of weeds, when it is easier to cope with them, not allowing them to grow.

Thus, with the help of Fokin's flat-cutter, knowing how to work with it, one can process non-sown beds, potato, tomato, cucumber and cabbage rows.

Formation of ridges

Another function that the planer can perform is the formation of beds. Moving on one side, on the other, the soil and cut weeds are shoveled in the garden. Walking in this way on one side, they move on to the other, and scoop up the bed from the other side.

The edges of the beds should remain parallel and straight. In wet areas, beds are made higher by performing flat-cutting intermittent, jerking movements, throwing earth on the bed.

The width for further work with a Fokin flat-cutter should be large - 1 m.

Cutting grooves

To level the grooves, the blade is buried flat to a depth of 1-2 cm. Flat cutters are driven like a rake, along the garden, onto themselves smoothly or with slight acceleration. Lumps at the same time loosened, and the beds are leveled.

Hilling plants

The next process that will facilitate this tool is hilling. How does Fokin's flat cutter work in this case? A wide part of the blade is lowered to a shallow depth in the ground. After a neat movements float the earth.

Work as the tool a hoe.

Weed removal

When loosening the soil and the formation of beds, young weeds are destroyed almost completely (70-80%). If these operations are carried out at intervals of 7-10 days, then weeds can be completely destroyed.

However, if you are late with the treatment, you will have to use a flat cutter to remove weeds. How to work with a Fokin flat cutter in order to properly carry out the procedure of ridding our cultures of wild relatives? It's simple: the blade of the tool is gently introduced to a depth of 1-3 cm (the soil should be moderately wet).

If the ground is dry, the grown weeds are pruned by a sharp movement of a flat-cutter or, according to the principle of operation, with a blade with a depth of 1-3 cm.

A week later, the operation should be repeated to remove the weeds that had taken root. In any case, Fokin's flat cutter (of course, if you know how to use it), will eliminate the need to collect weeds from the garden.

If the weeds are rooted, the narrowed end of the blade pierces under the weed at an angle of 60 degrees, and jerked out. Ploskorez allows you to do this so jewelery that the neighboring plants are not damaged.

Ploskorezom Fokina can be performed and other operations: to distribute the fertilizer on the beds, sprinkle the seeds, stir or rake hay, etc.

Ploskorez Fokina: sharpening and storage

Any tool will last longer with proper care. Like any tool with cutting parts, the Fokin flat cutter needs sharpening. This is done, as a rule, as needed, processing the blade 1-2 mm from the edge. At the same time overheating should be avoided, which reduces the strength of the blade. When honing a tool, it is important not to dull the corners.

You can sharpen the flat cutter with the usual fixtures, specially provided for this purpose:

• sharpeners;
• bars;
• emery circles;
• grinder machines.

The following algorithm will tell you how to properly sharpen Fokin's flat cutter:

1. On the cutting edge, you only need to grind the chamfer-bevel.If you grind off the front surface, the sharpness angle of the blade increases.
2. The appearance of the blade tells us where to sharpen. The tip of the tool is usually grinded.
3. The pressure of the flat cutter should be minimal so that the sharpening process takes place without heating.

After the end of the gardening season, the flat cutter must be lubricated and put into the sand with used engine oil (to prevent rusting).

Ploskorez - a great achievement in agriculture. This is truly a universal tool for the garden. If you doubt which tool: shovel, rake or flat cutter is better, we advise you to experiment - only practice can show all the positive aspects of any tool.