| For small areas or around plants, working the lime into the soil with a spade or cultivator is preferable. |
| Cultivation was never done with a plow or a cultivator, but always with a hoe. |
| Sometimes referred to as a hand fork, the cultivator is used for weeding, and as its name implies, for cultivating the soil. |
| Before plants bloom, loosen the surface soil with a hoe or hand cultivator. |
| The farmer is making a few last turns with his cultivator, sweeping up, so to speak, the last bit of straw left at the corners of the field. |
| Selective cultivation may be performed with a rotary hoe, rolling cultivator, shovel cultivator, or similar implement. |
