Secateurs for vaccination of trees how to choose?

Any gardener, even a beginner, has his own arsenal of tools, among which most recently appeared a pruner for grafting trees and other tools and devices. With its help remove unnecessary shoots and twigs, give shape to decorative shrubs, stimulate the growth of plants and strengthen the nutrition of tissues. In addition to the usual for all secateurs, manufacturers have released a new type - a pruner for grafting trees. Let's see what it is and why it can come in handy.

What kind of secateurs are there?

Thanks to technical progress, we have a lot of devices that perform various functions. Secateurs are no exception. Now these garden shears do not have such a frightening appearance and are quite safe for their owner. They are technological, convenient and safe. Modern tools can be divided into: a garden pruner for pruning trees, for grafting, etc. They come in the following types:

• Secateurs are scissors. It is used in working with young plants. The optimal thickness of the shoot does not exceed 20 mm.
• Secateurs with anvil. Used for pruning dry branches. Their thickness does not exceed 30 mm.
• Shrub Secateurs. For pruning dry bushes.
• Secateurs with stepped mechanism. With its help cut off both dry branches, and young shoots. Its advantage lies in the fact that it is able to work with thick branches.
• Bypass secateurs. Used to cut thin and tender growing shoots.
• Secateurs for grafting trees.

On the latter we will dwell in more detail.

What is a vaccine pruner and what is it for?

Gardener can manage from 90 to 100% successful vaccinations, using a pruner for grafting trees, the price of which is available to many. The action of such a tool is that special cuts are made on the priovo and rootstocks with the help of a secate blade. As a result, gardeners receive ideal cuts that promote high compatibility of rootstocks and grafts. They are connected and securely fixed with each other. With it, the inoculation of trees becomes the simplest occupation. The quality of vaccination now depends only on the quality of the vaccinated plants.

In general, manufacturers supply a pruner for grafting trees with three types of nozzles: U-shaped, omega and a V-shaped attachment. Each of them is used to inoculate a certain type of tree. Such a tool is durable and has good performance. One such secateurs is designed for 2-3 thousand slices.

How to choose a secateur?

If you want to purchase a quality tool, when choosing it, pay attention to the following:

• The most important factor in a secateur is the sharpness of the blades. Otherwise, the tool will be inconvenient to work with. He will not cut off the branch, but will shred and tear it.
• The blade should be very tight in the handle.
• Handles should also be comfortable. It is better, when the handles are rubberized, then the tool will not slip out of your hands during operation and will not hurt you.
• Pay attention to the clearance between the blade and the handle. The smaller it is and the progress of the blades is tighter, the better the cut on the plant.

Advantages of Inoculum Secateurs

A vaccinated pruner with vaccination results does not require specialist skills. With it, even a beginner can instill a tree. With its use, the tree is grafted in a few minutes, which is good for the plant itself and for the gardener. This convenience and ease of the process allows you to perform many more vaccinations, and therefore the range of garden will increase significantly, and the experience will increase.

Disadvantages of using the inoculum pruner

The graft pruner is used only for shoots with the same width, only a couple of millimeters of the difference is allowed. Otherwise, you still have to use a knife. Even if shoots of the same thickness, but they are more than 12 mm or less, 4, the inoculation will not be successful either, since such a pruner has a restriction on the width of the shoot. In an omega-shaped nozzle, this take-off is even less 7-12 mm. If you buy a quality inoculating secateurs, the price of it may seem overestimated.

Extend the life of the instrument

So, for the high-quality and durable work of the garden pruner do not neglect the recommendations for its operation and storage conditions. Otherwise, this will adversely affect the state of the tool.

Secateurs for grafting trees need the same care as any other garden tool. After using it, cleanse its blades from the remnants of vegetation adhered to the cutoff. Eliminate the blades from dirt, dust and juice from trees and shrubs. Do not wash the pruner in water or leave it in the rain.

The spring mechanism, the blades and the clamp bracket can rust very quickly. This concerns cheap models. More expensive or professional tools can be safely rinsed under running water and get rid of all the debris that has accumulated on it during operation. After such a procedure, carefully wipe the blade with a dry rag, and the spring is best oiled with astringent material or oil. Walk through a rag soaked in oil over all metal parts. This procedure is recommended after each use of the pruner.

Sharpen your blades yourself

Over time, the pruning shears can be blunted. In order to maintain their condition in the proper form, from time to time they must be undermined. This procedure is carried out in the case when it becomes noticeable when trimming the branches that the knives only bite into the branch halfway and do not cut it.

In order to return the blades to the sharp edge, it is not enough just to work a bar. It is necessary to select the right movements and direction. So, for the convenience of sharpening, it is better to remove the blades. If this option is not available, then it is necessary to fasten the secateur firmly in a certain position, for this you can use the vice. After that, the blades are carried in a single direction in the direction, as if sharpening knives. This action is repeated until the knives are sharp enough, then they are put back onto the tool.

What we have?

So, the pruner for grafting trees can be attributed to a very useful and useful tool. In the country house, he certainly will find a place. Especially this tool will be appreciated by inveterate gardeners. However, if you spend quite a few inoculations, and in the conditions of your garden the tool has more minuses than pluses - it is worth thinking about how to learn to plant trees without special tools.