Hey guys, I am a 1st year Mittleider gardener. One of our

>>1032377
use a plastic one

or coat it with pickup truck bed liner spray

>>1032401

Yea we use the tin can over plastic because its more sturdy, and its so easy to find a can to use.

Its harder to find a small container of plastic made of thick strong walls.

But I just remembered I have a can of Plasti-dip spray on paint. Its not as good as the bedliner stuff but it might work in the same way.

I got a new can and sprayed a coat of the Plasti-dip on it.

You have to wait about 30 mins between coatings and I wanna give it at least 3 or 4 sprays.

I just weeded my garden and the tomato plants are over 7 feet tall.

Usually I do organics and my plants have never been bigger then 4 to 4 1/2 feet. But this year in the same grow area they are doing much better because I have used the Mittleider method.

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Mittleider gardeners use a Two way or Stirrup Hoe.

You use it like your vacuuming cleaning by pushing back and forth and it cuts the weeds at their base.

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This is the one I bought and I put it on a handle myself.

My handle came with a Varnish that I sanded off and then I rubbed boiled linseed oil into my handle.

Yes I been watching Wranglestar and LDSprepper.

>>1032432
I farm in Maine and we call it a scuffle hoe. Definitely top ten favourite weeding implements tho

>Just get a 330ml or 500 ml coke bottle.
>Cut a bit off the very top.
>Use your tin can and fill it to the correct height.
>Cut again at that level

Or

>Just get a 330ml or 500 ml coke bottle.
>Read the capacity of the tin cans you use
>Guess the height on your bottle
>Cut there

No need to overthink the piece of trash you use to scoop out the fertilizer.

I am sure there are better things you can worry about rather than the trial and error of improving the tin can.

>>1032447

Lots of other people have brainstormed and came up with the tin can as the best thing to use.

We also use one as a watering can where we drill out holes in the bottom and we scoop out nutrient rich water out of a bucket with it and let the drops rain down on small germinating seedlings or seedling trays.

I just dont like all the rust staining from the can on my hands or gloves. And I am sure that the rust also gets into the fertilizer.

I have sprayed 3 coasts of the plasti dip stuff and I will see how that goes when it fully cures.

>>1032455
I personally have a lot of coffee cups, thanks to my wife who can't say no to something on sale, even though we already have dozens... They even have a convenient handle, and stoneware won't rust OP. Hell, give me your address and I'll send you a lifetime supply of fertilizer applicators! Mostly joking...

>>1032490

We feed fertilizer at .5 oz per linear foot.

With two soil beds that are 30 feet in length the recommended dosage per row is 15 ounces or just 1 pound of weekly feed fertilizer.

A large soup can works for this. And we do weigh it to make sure.

>>1032513
>weekly feed fertilizer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb1LEAEr1rE

I use plastic containers that are used to hold coffee, they are fairly sturdy and don't oxidize like the tin cans do.

>>1032444
I gotta get one of these. I've been doing it all by hand.

>>1032870
>weeding by hand
That's for suckers. I'd also recommend a skoe/swoe for taller stuff, makes it easy to just cut it off at the base. Scuffle hoe is best for small stuff, which is ideally all you'll have with regular maintenance