Soil cultivating implements

A soil cultivating implement comprising a frame and an elongated cultivating member rotatably mounted on said frame, said cultivating member being rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and driving means connected to rotate said member, said cultivating member including a plurality of tines resiliently supported on a central support, said central support being polygonal in cross section and said tines being fastened to corresponding flat sides of the central support around its axis of rotation, each tine comprising an inner fastening portion clamped to a flat side of the support and an outer arcuately curved portion connected to said inner portion through an integral helical coil, said coil being located behind a plane which passes through the outer free end of the corresponding tine and the axis of rotation of said support, each coil comprising at least two substantially complete turns of 360.degree. and the longitudinal axis of each coil intersecting the rotational axis of said support at an acute angle.