Weeds are plants that are undesirable in a particular situation. The document discusses weed control and different types of hand tools used for weeding, including spades, kasolas, khurpas, khurpis, sickles, kulharis, trangris, sppudes, cobra head weeders, and true temper weeders. Each tool has a specific purpose, such as digging, hoeing, weeding, loosening soil, transplanting seedlings, harvesting, trimming trees and cutting grasses and hard wood weeds.

2. Weeds
A weed is plant considered undesirable in a particular
situation, a plant in the wrong place.
Example:
• Deela grass
• Bathoo

3. What is weed control
The prevention of growth and spread of unwanted plants
in the field.
Types of weed controlling
1)Mechanical
2)Chemical
3)cultural
Hand tools:
A tool held in the hand and operated without electrical
or other power

4. Types of hand tools for Weeding
1. Spade
Spade is used for digging.
Cleaning water channel for hoeing purpose
Used for loading of soil

5. 2. Kasola
Used for hoeing in standing position
 Commonly use in sugarcane maize cotton

6. 3.Khurpa :
The tool is operated in squatting position pushing the
blade in the soil.
 Use for weeding loosening of soil
 Transplanting of seedling
 Harvesting for tuber crops

7. 4. Khurpi:
 It is smaller in size than khurpi
 The tool is made in single piece
 Use for weeding and loosening for soil

8. 5. Sickle
 Use for harvesting of crop.
 Cut the grasses.

9. 6. Kulhari
 Used for trimming trees cutting trunk and woods
 Used for hard wood weeds

10. 7. Trangri
• Used for collecting the field straws

11. 8. Sppude
• It is a sharp edge sickle.
• Hand weeding
• Hand hoeing

12. 9. Cobra Head weeder
 Also called hand weeder
 Like the name of cobra Head
 Hardy weeds
 Use in garden
 Light in weight

13. 10. True Temper
 Small in size
 Use around plants
 Use in plan to plant distance very small