How does this handle the shaping of Juniper (the shrub variety which dominates my landscape)? Does it bog excessively?
1587515
I don't have any Juniper but I use it to keep my Creeping Fig trimmed on both sides of my back wall and it does great.
1587516
This tool is for light duty use. I do not have any Juniper now but based on past landscapes my opinion is this tool will not work well.
1587517
No, it should work fine as long as you take it slow and allow the blades to cut properly.
5326
Just my opinion, I think maybe getting some garden edging would be better to collect the leaves, or there is flex border material, like the recycled decking, that you could wrap around ground stakes, that may be better suited. This is a great raised bed, I bought two of them, but I am going to use them for vegetable gardening and make mini-greenhouses out of them, maybe do both projects !! :) take care
2267346
That is precisely how I use it. I get approximately a month of use. Then I go to individual pots. Need to keep an eye on the roots towards the end. They will grow together making it harder to remove plants....fyi
1347945
I think it depends on how thick your weeds and brambles are. The tool does an excellent job of clearing most growth and does so without binding. But truth be told, I don't attempt to use it for saplings or brush that's overly thick as I'd probably look for a circular blade attachment to do that.
234398
The problem is long grasses spinning through there can turn to a twine like material gumming up the works. I had this problem with thin vines.
1411631
I created my garden and had to take off the top layer of grass. The cultivator could handle it, I had really tough grass, so it took three times over to clear out the grass but overall it saved my back and a lot of tome if I had to dig it myself. I placed the setting on the lowest possible, that also helped I think. Best of luck,
939758
It works GREAT on tall weeds. The only place it bogs down is with thick stalks, such as greater than 1/2 inch in diameter.
1673050
I used it on a St. Augustine yard where I needed to clear an area about 4 ft by 15 ft to plant shrubs. It worked well. One word of advice is that it seems to work much better when you go backwards. I had no problem controlling the depth going backwards. Forward seems to skip a lot. I did have to stop once and untangle some of the grass that wrapped around the tiller but I needed a break anyway so it wasn't much of a problem.
25858
I did not have any problems with that. I have a rock landscaped front yard with multiple bushes and shrubs. This killed the weeds where is spread it but none of the decorative shrubs were damaged at all.
1227366
Potted mine too in about 3ft dia pot and it was outside over last summer and took well. I live on coast in VA. But then we had a bad rain storm and I didn't get it drained well enough and think root rot set in. It's been in house all winter and I mist it regularly but not sure it's surviving. If it's still seems viable when whether warms I think I should dig up and put rocks in bottom for drainage (there were holes in pot but I'd set it in a pan in house just after bad rain and didn't realize pan was full as I kept watering....stupid!) anyway, my thumb is green with 'easy' house plants and this poor guy (we named him Larry) has kept me in turmoil. I read it's fine to pot but not sure where I went wrong exactly. Hope this helps and I'd love any advice from anyone else!
1977461
Sorry to hear that you are having problems. Thus far, I have not experienced what you describe. In fact, I've been amazed at the cutting power of the line/string. Had some tough, tall, thatched patches of grass that the line cut right through without mishap of any kind. Sorry not to be of more assistance. You might consider calling the manufacturer to troubleshoot for any probable defects.
122784
I've used it numerous times on both flowering and evergreen shrubs/flowering plants. The only things it affected were flying/creeping eight-legged critters. No problems ever noted on landscape. You might call Suspend folks and ask them. They're very helpful folks. I asked about shelf life and got a lot of useful info. Good Luck!
2088033
I'm pleased with the product. It worked well early in the growing season, even before it got very warm. Its intended to kill everything and I primarily used it in my gravel pathways. You would not use it to spray weeds among other shrubery. In fact I got a little spray on an arbor videa, and its killing the tips of some of the branches. So it may not totally kill your junipers, but would likely do damage.
2028146
I did not have that problem. What problem I DID have was trying to use it to plant a large area (corn). If the seed bed is PERFECTLY firm (not hard) and smooth (as in a VERY SMALL garden)... it worked (for me) fine. If there were ANY "clumps" or uneven ground, however, it pretty much rendered the planter useless. I was planting too large of an area to work the ground into a firm, smooth seed bed. The little bit I did use it... I had no problems with seeds getting crushed before leaving the hopper.
5327
Just my opinion, I think maybe getting some garden edging would be better to collect the leaves, or there is flex border material, like the recycled decking, that you could wrap around ground stakes, that may be better suited. This is a great raised bed, I bought two of them, but I am going to use them for vegetable gardening and make mini-greenhouses out of them, maybe do both projects !! :)take care
49925
Not at all practical for what your suggesting... While if folds up nicely, it takes a couple of hours to fill, assuming you had access to a garden house...+draining, drying etc...
1830707
I use it around hosta and other bushes. I used it near my impatients, but I did not appy Preen directly over the flowers or any flowers, so I don't know what to say about your concern.