Choosing The Desired Secateurs

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Any tool must be chosen carefully. After all, only high-quality tools will become assistants, this also applies to the pruner, because the correct pruner is one of the components of success. Firstly, it is convenient to work with high-quality equipment, and he completely fulfills his work one hundred percent, and at the same time saves energy and time in the process of work, and does not damage the plants in the garden, in the country, in the garden

But the variety of pruning shears on the market is mind-boggling. how to navigate in this sea and choose a pruner "for yourself", according to your needs? In this article, I want to tell you how to get the right pruner, which will become an assistant, because the pruner is probably the most needed and demanded tool in the garden, and in the flower garden, and in the country.

What is secateurs

In fact, the pruning shears are the same scissors, the only difference is that they are designed to work in the garden. The scope of their use is quite wide: tidying up various shrubs and thin vines, working with trees, removing diseased shoots and branches, grafting and other gardening work. Therefore, the choice of this type of inventory must be taken very carefully and purchased based on what kind of work you plan to perform with this tool.

What secateurs are there?

Pruners - garden shears

The main feature of this is the sharpened upper and lower blades. The rest of the pruners do not have this. The principle of their work is that the sharpened upper and lower blades "go" towards each other, slightly pinch the branch and cut it off. But such a tool is suitable only for thin and living branches, they can cut flowers and other herbaceous plants, but in dense and thick branches they partially squeeze living tissues and injure them. The diameter of the branches with which you will work with scissors should not exceed two centimeters.

But in the modern world, there is a constant improvement in everything, including garden tools. And now you can find professional garden shears. Their main difference from conventional ones is that they have an additional mechanism that increases the force of compression. By the way, the blades of professional scissors are not only straight, their shape is varied: serrated, wavy. They will solve the problem of pruning shrubs with not thin branches, including climbing ones, and will also help to put conifers in order. By the way, now there are even universal scissors: they can put things in order in the garden, work in the kitchen with various products, and they can also cut cardboard, plastic, wire, and so on.

Standard (regular) secateurs

This is the simplest single-blade pruner. The second blade is stubborn and never sharpens. The working (or cutting) metal part of the secateurs is very similar in shape to a sickle. This is no coincidence and is deliberately done to avoid slipping off the branches during pruning. This type of secateurs most often has short handles, up to 20 centimeters long. Although recently, ordinary pruners with long soft handles have begun to appear (it is very convenient to cut roses like this, the chance of pricking is minimal).

A standard pruner is useful for pruning branches that are not thick, no more than half a centimeter, from trees and shrubs. It will also be an excellent assistant when carrying out the following work: cutting flowers, trimming peduncles and shoots from rose bushes. After work, an even, smooth, neat cut remains, its edges are not torn. But dry branches should not be removed with this tool.

Anvil pruner

These secateurs do not cut the branches, but rather chop them. They have only one blade sharpened - the upper one. It is it that is considered to be the worker, the main one. The second blade is rather wide, flat, and grooved (to avoid shifting the branches, as well as damaging them during work), which makes it look like an anvil. During operation, the upper, cutting, blade presses the branch against the lower anvil blade and then cuts it. This pruner will help when working on branches up to 3 centimeters in diameter. But when buying, be careful and be sure to read the information on the packaging, since the maximum thickness of the branches for which the pruner is intended for different manufacturers varies quite significantly.

This pruner will help you with different types of work: from pruning shrubs, vines and ending with sanitary pruning of trees. He will be one of the most indispensable helpers in the country.