finger tines on rotovator

[digdugdun]

Hi everyone i am new to this site and fairly new to allotment growing,i have bought a rotovator with finger tines,can anyone tell me what these tines are for?.i have dug my plot and my intention was to break the soil down with these tines,am i on the right track? many thanks

[Aberdeenplotter]

have you got photos of the tines or can you find some on sale on fleabay that you can point us at?

[bearded bloke]

Also what make of rotovator is it ?

[Nicos]

They make a finer crumb ( tilth???- is that the right word??)

So you use them in the final rotovation.
I found that they also picked up stray weeds which had been turned over- so they tended to clog if you've not removed the bulk of the weeds/roots.

[Nicos]

These are the ones we have on our Merry Tiller...

[bearded bloke]

I was wondering if it was these de thatching tines Nicos .......

[Nicos]

Not seen those before!...good idea!

[Aberdeenplotter]

These are the ones we have on our Merry Tiller...

Not quite what I had the image of in my head Nicos but would have similar effect. Tilth is the exact word

[Aberdeenplotter]

I was wondering if it was these de thatching tines Nicos .......

These wouldn't work to break down the soil after digging BB as the OP said they would be used for. They do look very similar to the dethatching tines available for the Mantis Tillers. I can't quite read from the Pic. Is that a Mantis?

[bearded bloke]

Yep,it's a Mantis AP & those tines really do get thatch & moss out of my lawn,I really must get myself organised enough to follow up with the scarifier attachment this year though

[Aberdeenplotter]

I have a small petrol scarifier, can't remember the name of it off hand but it has a 2hp B&S engine on it. It makes dethatching a real dawdle. If it ever dies, I'll consider the attachments to fit to my mantis

[bearded bloke]

Got my 2 stroke Mantis (second hand) a couple of years back,came with :-

Wheels
Edging tool
Wire wheel
Cultivator
Planter
Scarifier
De-thatcher
& ALL the associated manuals

[digdugdun]

finger tines

These are the ones we have on our Merry Tiller...

thanks for the info,these are the same tines that i have on my merry tiller,so now i know what they are for,i shall give them a go and see how i get on

[Aberdeenplotter]

If you have ordinary digging tines, go over it with them first and then with these others.