Cultivation, no-till weed control tools and cover crops behave differently on different soil types, with some tools better than others depending on the situation. A summary of the ease of use of different weed control tools on different soil types is presented in the table below.
| Finger weeder | Knife weeder | Disc plough | Dodge plough | Powered rotary tiller | Undervine mower | Undervine whipper snipper | Undervine sweeper | Straw mulch | Sheep grazing | Sown undervine cover crops | Volunteer undervine swards | |
| Large or excessive stones | Moderate | Difficult | Difficult | Difficult | Difficult | Difficult | Easy | Moderate | Easy | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| Stone/gravel | Easy | Difficult | Moderate | Moderate | Difficult | Moderate** | Easy | Moderate | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy |
| Sand | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy |
| Silt/loam | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy |
| Clay | Moderate* | Moderate* | Moderate* | Moderate* | Moderate* | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy | Easy |
*Can be difficult in wet or very dry soils
**Stones must be flush with ground