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
Newhouse maneuvered an extendable pole pruner around a branch; with a pull of a string, the blade snapped shut, and the bag fell.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2020
“I’m the laborer,” he says, though Dina is quick to point out he’s the garden’s master pruner.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.
From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2015
The pruner should leave enough spurs to supply all the fruit buds that the vine can utilize.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
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
Use sharp pruners but first wipe the blades with rubbing alcohol to make sure you don’t spread any diseases from other plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 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
Also sharpen your pruners and keep them rust-free with a regular squirt of oil.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2021
He had his gloves and Great-Uncle Jim’s special pruners.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
