However, "cultivator tines can't dig as deeply as tillers ... they're not universally necessary," Gopinath says. It's possible to use manual methods to break up soil gently.

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Next, he would try a rake with broad, short tines. (Both tools were ... and a textured one, from the cultivator. He opted for the cultivator. “It’s meant to be unchanging,” he said.