Pruners

Working with Pruners

Gardening is not always hunky dory. You have to do the hard work as well and pruning is one of them. Pruning is the process in which you remove off diseased or unproductive parts of the plant with a pair of pruners. It can also be to shape and control the growth of the plant to enhance the yield and quality of flowers. But pruning is easier said than done. An improperly pruned plant has all chances of growing up to become diseased and growing in undesirable ways. The first thing you need to start pruning is a set of good pruners. There are many different types of pruners that you can choose from but let’s start with the most basic of them all.

• Loppers: If the predominant work in your garden is pruning small twigs and branches, then the lopper is the first set of tool that you need. These are manual tools and have extremely large handles that give good leverage. Most loppers have a handle that is as long as 65 cms but there are others which have enormously long handles that extend up to 2 meters. You can even reach out to high branches with these. The blades can be curved, straight or one curved and the other straight.
• Shears: If shaping hedges is what you wish to do, then get a pair of serrated shears to do the job. The serrated blades will always cut through heavy branches better than the straight blades do. Go for an ergonomically designed shear that puts minimum impact on your hands. Most shears have rubber padding on the handle to facilitate pruning.

Specialized equipment

The above mentioned were the most basic manually operated tools that every garden needs. Now let’s take a look at specialized equipment.

• Fiberglass pole pruner kit: This is a kit that comprises of a long fiberglass pole pruner. Different pruner heads can be attached to it depending on the kind of pruning work that you wish to do. It is extremely light weight, easy to use and detach as well. The tree pruner and telescoping pole pruner are some of the types of fiberglass pruners.
• Electric pole pruners: If there are extremely thick branches in your garden, then try electric pole pruners. These will put minimum pressure on your hands and can easily cut branches that are up to 6 inches in diameter.

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