Rose fork
A Rose fork is a narrow, only two-pronged digging fork , which for careful loosening of the soil in particular between roses can be used.
need
Roses need a lot of air at the roots so that root rot can not develop. Since roses react very sensitively when their roots are damaged, the soil cannot be loosened with a cultivator or something similar, so special rose forks are used.
To loosen up the soil, the rose fork is carefully pricked into the dry soil and then carefully moved back and forth. This is used to pierce channels in the ground through which air can get into the ground. If the soil is moist, there is a risk of damaging the roots.
procurement
There are rose forks in the relevant trade. You can also make them yourself by cutting off the outer prongs of a normal digging fork.
Web links
- Pictures of rose forks ( Memento from August 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Freund Victoria Gartengeräte GmbH: Home DE. In: www.freund-victoria.de (Catalog 2016, p. 78). Retrieved April 23, 2016 .