Pruners Buying Guide
Your favorite garden needs constant cutting and pruning. Be it your rose plant or your garden hedge; trim them to make them healthy.
Pruners are great tools to shear and trim your plants.
Types of Pruners
* '''Bypass pruners:''' Blades of
bypass pruners overlap and their sharp curved scissor like blades.
* '''Anvil Pruners:'''
Anvil pruners have upper and lower plates that are flat and they cut against each other.
* '''Lopping Shears:'''
Loppers with ratchet joints or those with gears give enhanced performance. They easily cut through diameters of one and three by four inches.
* '''Pruning Saws:''' When
Coarsely toothed pruning saws are for thicker stems.
* '''Pole Pruners:'''
Pole pruners constitute blades that are attached to hooks mounted on long aluminum poles. They come in handy in spaces where ladders cannot be used.
* '''Hedge clippers:''' Manual
hedge clippers and the ones powered by gasoline or electricity can be used. Hedges can be cut and maintained by hedge clippers.
* '''Pneumatic pruners:''' They are ideal in vineyards and places of high plant acreage.
Pneumatic pruners work on electricity.
Pruners – Tips and care
* Look for
pruners with shock absorbing bumpers that absorb shocks that occur during shearing.
* After every use dry the pruner, oil it and keep them sharp through adequate sharpening.
* A File or whetstone can be used for sharpening of
hand pruners; however saws and hedge trimmers require professional sharpening.
* If you are used to wearing
gloves in sports wear gloves while pruning too. Keep your wrists straight.
* While pruning take a posture with your feet slightly apart to strike a good balance.
* While pruning, do not stand directly under branches, for they may fall over your head.
* Handle
electric pruners carefully, for they may injure you accidentally.
Manufacturers of Pruners
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Felco
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Fiskars
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Corona
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Leatherman
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Anvil
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