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TILLIN G/CULT ATIN
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How about a family-size
vegetable garden?
Nowadays many gardeners prefer
small gardens
premium But, if you're fortunate enough to own a large tot, you can
create a bigger garden
1 Fixst, hire someone with a
tractor or big tiller to break ground for you This is a
2.Ihen, use your Tiller to break up any remaining chunps of soil or sod Unlike a tractor or big tilter, },our MANTIS Tiller is a precision toot It will puh, erize ),our soil into a smooth seed bed
YourMANIIS riller Makes
Weeding a Pleasure!
As a tiller, ),out _£_NTIS Tiller works the soil down to 10" (254 cm)
deep But, as a cultivator, it gendy cultivates the surface, only 2 _ to 3"
(5 09 em to 7 62 cm) deep
First, you must change the tines to
the weeding position This takes less than a minute.
1"hen, your MANTIS Tiller's sharp "tine teeth" witl slice up those pesky weeds, burying them as you go along
And, since the tines in this position won't dig too deep, they won't hurt your plants' precious root systems.
The result? Your Tiller will cut ),our weeding time in half, and turn a tiresomc chore into a pleasure.
How to Switch From Tilling to
Cultivating Position1 Make sure your Tiller is off
2 Remove the retaining pins from the tines
3. Remove the tines from the axle.
4 Place the
onto the
5 Here is how to make sure you've installed the tines properly Stand behind
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the Tiller and hold ),our hand, palm up, next to the tines. Do the tine points curl up, as your fingers do? If so, they are in the corrcct cultivating position
6 Reinsert the pins,
CULIIVATING
Fuel
Now You're Ready to Cultivate or Weed.
Guide your Tiller where you want to weed and start it up Pul! your 'Tiller backward slowly, then let it move forward a bit, in a gentle rocking motion. Watch it slice, sttred_ and bury those weeds!
Got tough weeds? Lighten
'The optional Tine Detangler (Item #1322) wqll clear tines in
a jiffy Call your local authorized MANTIS dealer.
Your MANTIS Iiller"Will Weed Between
Narrow Rows!
Your MANrlS Tiller is a precision weeder that easily fits in
Tine teeth point in the same direction as the
rotation of the tine; or toward the front of the
Tiller; away from the
operator.
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Cultivating
Position
Tine teeth point in the opposite direction as the rotation of the fine. Tines
point toward the back of the tiller, or toward the
operator
your pressure on the throttle to slow your Tiller down Then work back and forth untiI your
'Tiller chops up (he weeds ItS easy and effective!
Remember, any tiller "a411 tangle in tall grass, string), vines, or
tight places. So don't be afraid to weed anywhere: between plants and shrubs; in comers; against fences; on raised beds; in _qde
rows; even in very narrow rows Your MANI IS Tiller weeds six*
to nine inches wide_ So you can run it in a tightly ptanted garden without damaging your' delicate plants. Tb2t's good news for suburban gardeners, who often have to plant rows close togedaer!
*XvWlthoptional Planter Furrower attachment
(Item #6222 )
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