Vol. 13, Issue 07, Published 4/6/2022

Finger weeders are an in-row weeding tool made out of flexible rubber. Pairs are centered on the seed row and overlapped slightly to remove in-row weeds. Our experience has been that they are effective at removing small (3-4 leaf) weeds, but not large or well anchored large weeds. A Texas A&M University colleague shared that they were able to regularly remove 3-4 inch tall Palmer Amaranth in cotton with a cultivator configuration developed by organic cotton grower Carl Pepper. I was pretty impressed. I think you will be too. Check it out by clicking here or on the image below.

Acknowledgements
Credit and thanks are extended to Kyle R. Russell, Texas A&M University, for recording and sharing the video.


Fig. 1. Slow motion video of finger weeders removing a large, in-row Palmer Amaranth plant in cotton. Video credit: Kyle R. Russel, Texas A&M University. Cultivator design and setup credit: Carl Pepper, Lubbock, TX. Click here or on the image to see the video.