Make The Most of Your Hand Pruners

Pruning is an essential part of the daily or weekly maintenance regime of keeping the garden organized and looking good. It is not only necessary to prune plants at the end of the growing season. Pruning can be carried out on a regular basis if you are training the plants into certain shapes or habits and it is also necessary to trim dead and diseased shoots from the plants.

Pruning can be carried out with a variety of cutting implements. Hand pruners will be used for the majority of these tasks and the pruning saw will carry out the bulk of the remainder of the work. What does this mean? Think of the hand pruners as a light trimmer, a tool that can groom your plants delicately. The pruning saw on the other hand is made for slightly tougher jobs. You would not use the saw to cut through the sensitive parts of the plant such as the leaves and roughage.

When you have bought yourself a pair of hand pruners you will find that you will want to carry them with you whenever you go out into the garden. They come in very handy for removing stray stems or cutting off damaged foliage. Using these pruners regularly is the best way to ensure that your yard and garden stay in excellent shape and that your property as a whole continuously looks its best.

Hand pruners are available in two different styles: anvil pruners and bypass pruners. Anvil pruners have been designed to chop tough, woody stems that have already died. The pruner is made with a sharp top blade and a blunt, flat blade that the top blade closes onto. Bypass pruners, on the other hand, are the pruners you will use when cutting living stems off the plant. The majority of your work will probably be done with a pair of bypass pruners. So essentially the bypass pruners are much thinner and made for even more intricate work than the hand pruners.

The price range of hand pruners will vary significantly across the different brands. Where possible you should go with a pair of hand pruners that has been made by a reputable manufacturer. You should look for pruners with high-tempered steel blades, the ability to replace the blades and comfortable hand grips. It may be possible to work out which brands are larger by the fact that their hand pruners are available in a range of different sizes. Although prices may vary, it would be hard to find this tool at a cost that would not be considered reasonable.

By using both types of hand pruners in the garden you will ensure that your garden will always look neat and tidy. Keeping the hand pruners sharpened and clean will also ensure the plants aren’t damaged when you prune them. If you choose to oil your tools in order to keep them in good working order and to avoid rust, you will have to make sure that the oil based cleaner that is being used will not harm plant life in anyway. This will ensure that your tools stay working and looking good as new, just like your garden.