How to Use a Weed Badger Weeder on Raspberries

The Weed Badger is a motorized hydraulic in-row hoeing and tilling tool used as an attachment on a tractor or skid steer. It is used primarily for commercial raspberry plantings as well as with other cane growing fruits and blueberries to keep away problem weeds that detract from plant vigor and harvests. It is also billed as an effective organic alternative to pesticides as the tilling action keep both weeds and small rodent habitats under control. It is designed to remove weeds shallowly but not harm the upper root system of your berry canes and brambles. Different attachments can work over hills or tilt for uneven terrain.

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Weed Badger attachment

Instructions

- 1
  Attach your Weed Badger model to your tractor or skid steer at the side or at the front using the specific directions provided with your Badger model type and mounting equipment.
- 2
  Position the tractor or skid steer so that the Weed Badger runs down the center of the alleyway between two rows of raspberry canes.
- 3
  Provide power to the weed badger attachment from the controls on your tractor or skid steer to get the cultivating blades spinning.
- 4
  Set the Weed Badger cultivation blades down into the soil, using the hydraulic attachment controls, to a depth between 1 1/2 and 4 inches, but no deeper or you will risk tearing into mature raspberry cane roots.
- 5
  Advance the tractor or skid-steer down the row keeping the Weed Badger at a uniform depth within the safe zone for tilling around raspberries and other cane fruits.
- 6
  Repeat down the center of each alleyway between raspberry plantings including the outer strip at the last row of berries.

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