pruner
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Corona Tools, a Corona, Calif., business for nearly 100 years, introduced its pocket pruner last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
Then use a hand pruner for small jobs or a string trimmer or hedge clipper for larger plantings.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Her mother works as a gardener and pruner in the Washington area.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2018
"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.
From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2015
He usually managed to give the vines in my neighborhood extra attention—like Garibaldi, he was a confirmed pruner.
From The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches by Carleton M. Winslow
To harvest, wait until after the first light frost, which will sweeten their flavor, then pull hips off the plant or clip them using scissors or pruners.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
But, by all means, keep a pair of sharp scissors or pruners handy and trim back as needed at the end of summer or anytime a bare or tired, unproductive branch develops.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
Sometimes a branch just has to be sawed because it’s too thick for hand pruners or even loppers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Use a clean pair of pruners to cut about a quarter-inch below the node at a 45-degree angle.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022
He had his gloves and Great-Uncle Jim’s special pruners.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
