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Pruning Shears

December 27th, 2007

Rick

Pruning Shears Reviews

Felco Classic Manual Hand Pruner F-2

$36.99

These classic Felco pruners set the standard by which all others are judged. The choice of landscape professionals, nursery workers, and savvy gardeners around the globe; this exceptionally well-made tool features a design that’s been unchanged for more than 50 years. The anvil blade has a deep sap groove to prevent sticking. A Swiss, precision-made Cutting Blade with soft Wire Cutter is replaceab…

Felco F-6 Classic Pruner For Smaller Hands

$37.79

Designed for those with smaller hands who may prefer a smaller, lighter pruner. It is comfortable to use yet every bit as sturdy and powerful as the other Felco models. Ideal for Small Pruning work such as grape vines, shrubs and young trees. It is also the choice of many florists. The anvil blade is screw mounted. The shorter blades facilitate closer cutting to the stem of the plant. Length 7.25″…

Fiskars 9109 Traditional Bypass Pruning Shears

$8.99

Loppers Shears Pruners – Garden Tools Type: Hand Pruner Blade Length: 5/8 Handle Type: Dual Layer Comfort Grips…

Demeter Fragrance Library – Plants & Trees – Home Atmosphere Room Spray Collection

Demeter captures the true essence of each scent. Whether it be Gin & Tonic, Leather or Angel Food, Demeter’s technologically advanced fragrances allow you to scent the skin, as well as your personal space with scents that harken back to childhood memories…

Extendable Lopping Shears

$25.95

HANDLE EXTENDS FROM 19.5″ TO 32.5″

MADE IN TAIWAN…

Fiskars Edge with Ease Grass Cutting Shears – Head rotates 180 degrees for best cutting angle – Fully sharpened 5 inch Steel Blades – Great for gardening

$21.85

Fiskars Edge with Ease Grass Cutting Shears – Head rotates 180 degrees for best cutting angle – Fully sharpened 5 Inch Steel blades – Great for gardening…

My Hand Pruners (My First Garden Tools)

$4.95

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ORIGINAL PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 14,063 FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN SECATEURS OR PRUNING SHEARS (LONDON).

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Scissors: Clauss Cutlery Company, Pruning Shears, Loppers, Pinking Shears, Trauma Shears, Metzenbaum Scissors

$14.13

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Scissors are hand-operated cutting instruments. They consist of a pair of metal blades, or tangs, connected in such a way that the sharpened edges slide against each other. Scissors are used for cutting various th…

Leatherman 830555 Hybrid Gardening Multitool with Nylon Sheath

$73.76

Pruners that Work as Hard as You Do: The Hybrid Line from Leatherman Gone are the days of carrying quality Bypass Pruners and multiple tools and having to search for them one-by-one. With the new Hybrid pruner, gardeners have the Stainless Steel pruners they need with the most commonly used tools-of-the-trade right in one convenient location: on their belt loop. With quality carrying sheaths desig…

More Rose Pruning How To

Pruning and deadheading are essential to proper rose care. There are nearly as many opinions about how and when to prune as there are roses in need of pruning. While seasoned rose gardeners have their favorite tried-and-true methods, this article is geared toward new-comers who are unsure where to start. As time goes by, you may feel the urge to modify these techniques or even develop new ones of Your Own. Great! If it doesn’t kill your roses, go right ahead.

Rose pruning isn’t as complicated as some people make it out to be. In fact, there are only 7 basic rules. If you keep these in mind whenever you pick up your pruning shears, you’ll be rewarded with beautiful bushes that reflect the care that you put into them.

Basic Pruning Rules

1. Always remove any dead or decayed growth. This keeps your bushes looking good and denies disease and insects a place to call home.

2. Always keep the center of the bush free of growth. This denies insects a place to live, and allows good air circulation to avoid fungus infection.

3. Remove crossing branches to promote stronger growth.

4. Shape your rose bushes as they grow. This will change them from wild and wooly to prim and proper, as all good roses should be.

5. Always using sharp pruning shears.

6. Clean the shears after each use to remove any disease or fungus spores.

7. Seal the cuts you’ve made on canes to keep out disease. Regular Elmer’s glue works fine and it is cheap.
After pruning paint all major cuts with a sealer in order to aid in healing and to help keep out insects and diseases.

Rose bushes that are not pruned can grow into large tangled messes with small and inferior blooms. The following should allow you to grow an attractive well shaped and sized bush with large lovely blooms.

Try to make all cuts down to a cane or if necessary down to about one quarter inch from a strong outside bud union or eye, the eye is where new growth stems from.

Do not cut canes straight across. All cuts should be at an angle of between 40 to 65 degrees. Always make sure that the shear’s cutting blade is on the lower side of the cane in order to insure a clean cut. This way any injury to the plant will be on the upper part of the cane which will be discarded.

More Pruning Rules

1. Prune from the ground up. Most people start at the top and this can harm the rose and it uses your valuable time.

2. If it’s old, gray and scraggly looking, cut it off.

3. If there are canes that are growing directly over the center, use your Pruning Saw or loppers and cut flush with the cane. Also remove any canes that are really crowding each other. Now you are ready to continue pruning.

4. When it comes to height remember this: mentally divide the cane into three equal parts and get ready to remove the top one-third. First, however check on the outward facing bud. It should be located at the intersection of the cane and a leaflet of five. There should be several and if possible find one that faces out.

5. If you have doubts, cut it off. If it’s smaller than a pencil it will only produce even smaller stems. For the larger canes be sure to seal with a drop of plain white glue like Elmers. This will prevent the borers from eating your plants.

6. Get rid of all remaining leaves. This will allow for new leaf growth and prevent fungus infections from the old ones.

7. When pruning, remove all suckers as these grow from the root stock which is different from the grafted bush and may eventually take over and kill the bush.

8. The next step in pruning your roses is to take a wire brush and scrub off the woody material on the bud union. Be careful to avoid brushing off any new bud eyes. This is also supposed to stimulate and provide room for new canes from the bud union.

9. Finally, finish your rose pruning by cleaning up all the dead stuff you’ve cut away. Get rid of all the old petals and pull the weeds from around the rose bush. This will help to eliminate fungus and insect problems. Finish up by placing new mulch around the rose bushes.

Correct shaping makes for a lovelier bush and allows for appropriate air circulation which makes for a healthier plant. Proper pruning is easy, and it is the key to a happy, healthy Rose Garden. Enjoy your beautiful roses.

What exactly is Armageddon?

There are many different beliefs and ideas regarding Armageddon and what it really means, but according to the accurate source of the Bible, Armageddon is actually something to look forward to.

In Isaiah 2:4, it shows how Armageddon will bring about true peace on the earth by being the war to end all wars and suffering.

It reads: “And he will certainly render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. And they will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.”

Doesn’t that sound like something positive? No more wars? No more mindless, unrighteous killing? Armageddon is truly something to look forward to, so there is no reason to fear the true meaning of it.

I’d like to hear some of your comments and ideas as to what you believe that it is.

It is Jehovah’s justified war against the wicked spirit forces of the world and all who choose to take their side.

God’s intervention in human affairs is called Armageddon.

It is not the end of life but the end of all wickedness. x x x