A Fork Is an Excellent Tool to Pull Weeds in the Garden—How to Use It

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There are so many great gardening hacks out there.

One we heard of recently that we loved?Using a fork to pull weeds.

Its immediately easy to see the appeal.

Using a fork to pull weeds from the garden

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Does weeding your garden with a fork really work, though?

We turned to a few gardening experts to find out.

Meet the Expert

Fork and gardening gloves on a lawn

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Then, simply push down on the handle and lift.

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Pulling smaller weeds also increases your chances of getting rid of the weed for good.

Using vinegar spray on a weed

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Pull them before they produce seeds and create more weeds for you to pull later on, Palmer says.

But according to Gene Caballero ofGreenPal, theyre especially important when using a fork for weeding.

Unlike other gardening hand tools, forks arent exactly designed to be used for manual labor.