TOP 7 REASONS TO USE A HAND TROWEL FOR CONTAINER GARDENING

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION
2 WHAT IS A HAND TROWEL?
3 HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST HAND TROWEL FOR CONTAINER GARDENING
4 WHY A HAND TROWEL IS IMPORTANT IN CONTAINER GARDENING
5 PROPER TECHNIQUES FOR USING A HAND TROWEL IN CONTAINER GARDENING
6 MAINTENANCE TIPS TO KEEP YOUR HAND TROWEL IN TOP CONDITION
7 RECOMMENDED HAND TROWELS FOR CONTAINER GARDENERS
8 CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

The hand trowel is the first Container Gardening tool that I bought, and I have been using it for more than 6 years. Hand trowels are a multi-purpose tool, you can manage an entire container gardening work 70% with this one tool. I’m not exaggerating. For almost 2-3 years I only used this Trowel to do all the gardening work, after that only I brought different kinds of tools because of the increased population of my plants and gardening work.

You can find a trowel from 100₹ or 5$. It is an affordable tool that every gardener needs. Tools are a monetary kind of gardening, tools help us to do the work precisely, save time and for some safety reasons tools need to be used instead of bare hands. In this Blog., you will learn about different types of Hand trowels and their uses, how to choose the hand Trowel and how to maintain them clean and rust-free for years.

WHAT IS A HAND TROWEL?

Hand Trowels are small handheld tools that can be used in container gardening tasks such as digging, planting, transplanting, weeding and mixing soil. Hand trowels are like miniature shovels with pointed scoop-shaped edges, available in different handle materials as well.

Hand Trowel helps to reach tight spots and gives precise control over even in narrowed pot spots. The smaller size makes it easier to go through bushy plants and hard-to-reach corners. Also, the handles allow grip holding. With these trowels you can do sensitive gardening works like seedlings or bulbs transplanting so easily.

Types of Hand Trowels

These compact Hand trowels are available in various materials like plastic, iron and steel. Plastic trowels are lightweight and preferable for kids to use and people need lightweight tools. Iron trowels are durable and widely available in marketplaces. Steel trowels are preferable for people who forget to maintain the tools, steel is rust-free.

If you want your kids to be involved or elderly people to handle weighted tools, you can choose plastic trowels as lightweight tools but not as durable as iron or metal. Iron Trowels are durable and heavy-duty tools. You can dig the plant, mix the potting mix, break the garden soil or transplant an entire plant using Hand trowels, iron trowels get rust if you don’t clean after use. Steel Hand trowels are as durable as iron trowels but a little more expensive than iron. It’s not gonna rust.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST HAND TROWEL FOR CONTAINER GARDENING

Choosing a Hand Trowel based on your Garden needs is important. If you have many plants, choose a trowel combo with different sizes. If you have fewer plants, buying a single-quality trowel is enough. In addition to these, there are a few more features to look out for in a trowel.

Whatever the garden tool you are going to buy, do a little research about the tool, read the product description and find an ideal tool that fits your garden needs. Buying garden products randomly by offer is a bad choice of spending money.

Features to look for in a Hand Trowel

Choose the material based on your needs, for heavy Garden works, choose durable iron material with ergonomic handles Trowel. For light uses, mild steel is enough. For people who don’t want to do maintenance, choose carbon steel trowel to avoid rusting in tools.

Choosing ergonomic handle Trowel reduces the strain on the wrist. If you frequently work in hard and Rocky soil choose a heavy-duty Trowel that can cut through the hard surface. If you need frequent transplanting of seedlings choose in-depth trowels. Choose the Trowels based on your Gardening tasks, what kind of tasks you do frequently is an ideal method to choose.

Tips for choosing the right size and type

If you do gardening in small pots only then choose a small hand Trowel to reach tight spots. To work with bigger pots, and frequent plant transplanting choose wider trowels with good handles. The size of the trowel is based on your pot size.

Some of the gardeners mostly prefer below 12-inch sized pots. In that case, you need a commonly used trowel. Some of the gardeners only have small pots and succulents like plants of that kind. You need a smaller trowel to handle the small pots and plant gently.

People with bigger plant containers and doing both gardening in containers and the ground need bigger trowels to fulfil both the gardening work. Choose durable trowels if you’re doing both gardening like me.

WHY A HAND TROWEL IS IMPORTANT IN CONTAINER GARDENING

Benefits of Hand Trowel

Using a quality Hand Trowel enhances the gardening experience., not only Trowels any kind of tool that is chosen carefully with little research and matches your gardening needs improves your gardening. Along with saving your time and energy, a good improves your skills in gardening.

With this one tool, you can do multiple garden works in container gardening and ground gardening. For people who don’t want to spend money on different tools or people with a minimal mindset, this tool is a gift. You can do digging, weeding, transplanting and a lot more gardening work with Hand Trowel.

Hand Trowel uses

Ideal for Digging holes in the ground and pots to do planting, also Trowel helps to loosen the soil. Weeders are used to remove weeds, but with a smooth and gentle approach, you can remove weeds using Hand Trowels. It is a helpful tool while mixing potting mix with a combination of potting components.

Trowels are perfect for transplanting small seedlings from one pot to another without any damage. Hand Trowels can be used in different soil types and loose the hardened soil. Trowels are lightweight and durable in the meantime.

PROPER TECHNIQUES FOR USING A HAND TROWEL IN CONTAINER GARDENING

How to use a hand trowel

Hand Trowels are a multi-utility tool in gardening. Why do I not just mention container gardening? I used my Hand Trowels in my pots and ground as well. The durability of the hand trowels well-handled my rocky and clay combination ground garden. The thing is the Trowel I bought years ago is still using it.

You can use Hand Trowels in Ground gardening to dig, transplant small plants, and mix fertilizers. In container gardening, I used Hand Trowels to dig, transplant the seedlings, mix the potting mix, and loosen the soil, sometimes I weeded the plant using the Hand Trowels.

The one purposes that my Hand trowels did made me feel you’re the almighty tool was breaking through the cocopeat blocks, usually, I bought cocopeat blocks because of the quantity, these hard brick-like blocks have to be soaked in water for hours and hours then they slowly started to expand. After this, you’ve to transfer the expanded cocopeat to make space for the non-expanded part. My Trowels always help me to make this process easier because of the durability.

Common mistakes to avoid when using a trowel in containers.

These are my mistakes that made my trowel rustic, letting the trowel with potting mix or soil. This is a big no, the moisture in the soil creates a risk of rusting, and the soil becomes dry you can clean harder so you might tear the protected paint layers in the tools.

Putting the Trowels in potting mix buckets, I did this thing until I knew how it impacted the tools. The moisture in the potting mix going to affect the entire tools especially if the handles are wood. Keep the tools in sunlight, making them fade off protected coated paint in the metal areas and fade the colour of the handles as well.

Using Trowels on hard surfaces, the Hand Trowels are durable they can break through hard soil and rocky surfaces. But using it on hard surfaces like bigger rocks and concretes makes the sharp edges of a trowel blunt and dull.

MAINTENANCE TIPS TO KEEP YOUR HAND TROWEL IN TOP CONDITION

Cleaning hand trowel

You don’t need any chemicals or special equipment to do this., just wash off the dirt in the trowel. Wipe off with a clean cloth or tissue., let it dry completely or keep it in sunlight to dry well on both sides. That’s it, this simple practice keeps your gardening tools for years and years.

Hand trowel maintenance

As I said earlier, just clean the tool after every use don’t let them sit on potting mixes while it’s not in use. These are simple and effective steps to maintain a rust-free hand trowel.

If you’re too rusted., scrap off the rust using sand papers. And soak the blade only in vinegar-baking soda or rust removers. After that carefully wipe off the chemical and let the tool dry in sunlight. (use gloves if you going to use chemicals). After the complete dry paint rust protection paint on tools. Sounds like a bigger work and spending money! For one tool it’s not worth but restoring a few tools using these purposes at one time is worth spending.

Keep gardening tools in storage boxes in dry and shaded places. These simple steps protect your tools life longer. The Golden rule is don’t let the tools dirty and let the moisture sit on them.

Sharpening trowel blade

If you’re not experienced in tool sharpening, don’t try that at home. After the proper cleaning and drying, use a metal sharpener to sharpen the edges of the blade. Don’t over sharpen the tool; it will hurt the plant and your hands. You can use professional help to do that. Instead of doing all the maintenance for one tool, try to do a bunch of tools so the money and time aren’t wasted.

RECOMMENDED HAND TROWELS FOR CONTAINER GARDENERS

The below-listed hand-trowel suggestions are some of the durable and quality Hand-trowels for different garden types. A few of the Trowels are my long-term used and using Hand Trowels., Checkout the products with clear descriptions and choose the Hand Trowel that fit your Garden.

COMPACT HAND TROWEL

A small and compact-sized Hand Trowel that is opted for small pots and mini gardens with smaller quantity pots. You can do above listed works with these compact Trowels in Houseplants and less-maintenance planted gardens. An affordable priced Trowel for you.

HAND TROWEL TRANSPLANTER

A sharp-edged hand trowel to transplant seedlings. This sharp edges Trowel makes easy to planting even in small pots.

HAND TROWEL

This is a normal sized., but little bigger than compact sized Hand Trowel. A wider Blade with mild metal and protective paint coating with plastic handles. This Trowel is ideal for mixing potting mix, and digging bigger holes you can use this in ground gardening as well.

STEEL HAND TROWEL

A normal-seized wider-blade ergonomic Hand Trowel made with steel metal blade, rust-free blade, and ergonomic handles. This durable Hand trowel is ideal for the above-mentioned gardening works and is a worthwhile investment in a hand gardening tool.

PLASTIC GARDENING SET WITH TROWEL

A combo of plastic gardening tools is preferable for people who want a lightweight tool for gardening. These tools are lightweight and less strained to the wrist.

CONCLUSION

When I have a situation (hypothetical), I only use one tool to do all my gardening work except watering and pruning, which means I can confidently choose hand trowels. These multi-purpose tools do most of the soil-related work in container gardening at a very affordable price.

Even if you want to invest in a high-quality ergonomic Hand Trowel, you don’t need more than 300 rupees. Trying different tools not only just buying a tool, it’s a levelling up your garden and your gardener phase. The tools always unlock more possibilities in gardening to skill up the gardening.

Just try some affordable tools, that enhance the gardening experience and save you time as well. Let me know in the comments section what’s your first gardening tools, and what you recently bought for your garden. Happy Gardening!