Properly maintained tools are essential for gardening success. They not only extend the life of your equipment but also ensure that your plants receive the best possible care.
Trimming Tools: The Right Tools for the Job
Having the right tools for trimming is crucial for efficient and effective plant care. Your choice of tools depends on the type of plants you’re trimming and the specific task at hand.
Hedge Trimmers:
Hedge trimmers are essential for trimming hedges and shrubs. They come in various sizes and powered options to suit different needs.
Trimming Shears:
Trimming shears are versatile tools for light trimming, removing dead wood, and shaping plants. They come in two main types: bypass and anvil. Bypass shears have two blades that move like scissors, while anvil shears have one blade that moves against a fixed plate.
Clippers:
Clippers are similar to trimming shears but are designed for heavier-duty tasks. They are often used for trimming branches and removing suckers.
Trimming Knife:
A trimming knife is a professional-grade tool that provides precision cutting and carving. It’s ideal for removing bark, dead wood, and making precise cuts.
Choosing the Right Trimming Tool:
When selecting trimming tools, consider the following factors:
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Plant type: Different plant species require different trimming techniques and tools.
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Task at hand: Are you trimming small branches, removing dead wood, or shaping a hedge?
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Comfort and ease of use: Choose tools that fit comfortably in your hand and are easy to operate.
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Quality: Invest in high-quality tools that will last for years.
Tips for Effective Trimming:
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Sharpen your tools regularly: Dull tools can damage plants and make trimming more difficult.
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Trim at the right time: Most plants are best trimmed in the spring or fall.
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Follow proper trimming techniques: Each plant species has specific trimming requirements. Consult gardening guides or experts for advice.
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Maintain your tools properly: Clean and store your tools after each use to extend their lifespan.
With the right tools and proper techniques, you can ensure your plants receive the best possible care and maintain a beautiful and healthy garden.
Other Lawn Care Equipment
Shrub Shear
The shrub shear, resembling a small pair of scissors, is specially crafted for trimming boxwood borders. Available in both battery-powered and handheld versions, these shears are ideal for precise shaping of boxwood plants and shrubs. With their short blade length, shrub shears offer excellent maneuverability, making them a preferred choice for shaping tasks. Many gardeners find battery-powered shrub shears particularly convenient for various trimming applications.
Loppers
Loppers, distinguished by their large size and two long handles, are operated with both hands. Designed for cutting thick, medium branches, and old wood, some types come with extendable and adjustable handles. The substantial leverage provided by loppers enables you to apply significant force, making them suitable for tackling tougher pruning tasks. Telescopic loppers are especially useful for reaching high and challenging-to-access places.
Topschaar
A topschaar, featuring a long, extendable stick with attached scissors, allows for pruning at height without the need for stairs. These shears are controlled using a wire mechanism, and they are often accompanied by an attached lopper for added versatility. This tool is a practical solution for elevated pruning tasks, providing ease of use and efficient results.
Trimming or Tree Cutting Saw
A reliable trimming or tree saw typically comes with a curved blade designed for efficient cutting with a pulling motion. Some models offer collapsible designs, and others come with telescopic handles for extended reach. Whether you’re removing branches at height or a distance, these saws provide a versatile solution. For more robust tasks, there are hacksaws designed to handle heavy-duty work, including the cutting of trees. It’s worth noting that ordinary wood saws may struggle with wet, green wood.
Personal Protection Equipment
Prioritize safety by always wearing protective gloves, and consider opting for moisture-resistant gloves with a rubber coating for added durability. When using stairs or ladders, ensure they are firm and stable, and secure them at the top when pruning trees to prevent accidents and ensure a secure working environment. Your safety is paramount in every garden maintenance task.
Learn more about Personal Protection Equipment in this post
Trimming at height
Trimming on a ladder does not really scream safety. Instead, use an extendable trimmer and keep both feet on the ground. Use Wolf Steel Vario, extendable to four meters and then there is a very easy tree shears on. This scissors can cut branches up to a thickness of 38 millimetres. Or click a cutting branches on the Vario Steel. The branches saw has special teeth that pull you even thick branches is small with little effort.
Good Tools for Good Lawn Care
Maintaining a healthy and beautiful lawn requires the right tools and proper techniques. In the spring and summer, when growth is at its peak, taking preventive measures is essential to control both desirable and undesirable plants.
Prevention is Key:
Regular hoeing or raking can effectively prevent weeds from taking hold and disrupting the overall appearance of your garden. Gather fallen leaves and debris into a pile using a leaf rake and dispose of them properly.
Spades and Forks for Diverse Tasks:
From light tasks like turning flower beds to heavier tasks like digging up a tree, spades and forks are versatile tools that cater to a wide range of gardening needs.
Metal Handles for Enhanced Durability:
Our garden tools feature sturdy metal handles that provide a comfortable grip and allow you to tackle even the toughest jobs with ease.
Hardened Steel for Extended Life:
Hardened steel, a superior type of steel with exceptional durability, is forged in a Dutch forge to ensure long-lasting performance. All steel parts of our garden tools are made of hardened steel, backed by a ten-year warranty.
Convenient click system
Turn the handle of the handy combination systems different tool heads. Easily interchangeable tools with large soft plastic screw CombiSystem Gardena. Which provides for every job in the garden properly handle and tool combination. Wolf Multi-Star system with well over 80 different tool heads. Substitution with this snap-in an instant tool. The original Multi-Star connection ensures that each tool head in a stable click sits on the stem.
chopping wood
Logging is more deliberate, quiet and efficient work than brute force. A well-aimed ax blow is more effective than a wild swing. Making timber size is not necessarily hard work. It requires skill, concentration and good tools. Especially when it comes to security.
Axes
Logging is easy with an ax. Work quiet, efficient and focused. An ax fiberglass is lightweight, ergonomic and therefore safer.
fiberglass axes
A fiberglass axe is lightweight, ergonomic and allows splitting wood easier. Fiberglass axes are also safer. Most accidents happen when you’re tired, reducing your concentration and coordination. With a lightweight axe you going longer, more precise and thus work safer.
Good tools are half the job. Proper maintenance of your equipment extends the life, works nicely and is another fine for your garden. For example, a sharp trimming shears to damage your plants less.
Cleaning the deck or patio
Clean your deck and walls with green anti-tarnish and anti weeds agent. This will keep the terrace nice clean and prevent damage to plaster and walls.
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Especially after the winter into early spring, your patio could use a makeover. Be careful you do not slip, if green deposits on the tiles and / or steps is. Fluid builds up under the attack on pavements and walls damaging plaster and walls.
Green slime consists of algae and seaweed. They grow in places that are often long moist. These are mostly shady areas where drainage is poor. Green slime growing on all surfaces such as stone, wood, plastic and glass. We would like to give a few tips to combat green slime:
Home, garden and kitchen remedies
Periodically wipe your deck with sand. The abrasive action removes the green slime. Or rub firmly with hot water and a little soda. The disadvantage is that it just works, you will next month should get back to work.
Special anti-green-stop means
With special anti-green-stop means the attack remains a long time away. You can use it on all surfaces such as stone, wood, plastic and glass. This should be used also on walls and roofs.
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Remove loose dirt. Dilute the product with water according to the instructions, or buy a ready-made means. Spray or pour on the attack. Do not use extra soap or synthetic detergent. Clean the surface thoroughly wet, for bricks and paving stones you need more liquid because they suck up a lot of moisture. Scrub stubborn stains on the surface. Leave it on to work. Rinse the surface then clean with water. Bring some of the solution on the surface, so you’re off longer time of the attack.
Remove weeds
The weeds between the terrace tiles you can remove a variety of ways. Wied with the hand or with a special brush on a handle . That is a steel brush the weeds easily between the joints sweeps from. The disadvantage is that you take a lot of sand so that the tiles subsiding rapidly. Therefore, fill after sweeping the joints with crushed sand. This sand is coarser than just sand so that weeds will come across difficult. Even after the use of a pressure washer, fill the joints with crushed sand. Always make sure that you also remove the roots of weeds.
Anti-weed agents
There are also agents against weeds. Such agent penetrates to the root and causes the whole plant dies. The agent makes weeding easier, but does not help prevent weeds.
Brooms, brushes and scrapers
Keep your beautiful terrace clean. Wipe, brush and dirt crab, green stains, moss and weeds away. Use a broom with proper stem length or – brush.
Brooms
There are many different brushes for all kinds of uses. For better wipe work out, you have the choice of two types of brooms, of nylon or natural fibre.
Natural fibre or plastic?
Use a brush with natural fibre for all activities and especially to wipe away water. The broom has brown hair basinne Africa, a bamboo-like plant. Choose a brush with synthetic fibre for all activities and agricultural use, especially for wet dirt and snow. This broom has red plastic fibres.
broom Width
Both brushes are available in different widths. Do you have a large patio, choose a broom of 35 or 40 centimetreswide. This makes your work more efficient. For a small terrace is a 28 centimetre wide broom fine.
Broomstick
The standard thickness of a broomstick is 24 millimetres. For brooms wider than 30 centimetres a shank of at least 28 millimetres. Because you put more power is a broader stem from greater broom necessary. Save your back and choose the correct stem length for good posture.
Remove green stains and stubborn weeds between tiles or add brush. Add brushes have wire that lets you add wipe away easily moss and weeds. Here you easily remove stubborn weeds along. Use deck brushes green slime to remove decking.
add Broom
New Products is adding broom. This broom consists of nylon fibres and steel wire. The joints broom cleans easily paving large areas with green stains, moss and weeds.
Tip
All of these brushes have steel wire. First try a little bit to make sure it does not damage paving.
Pressure washers
With a high pressure make stubborn dirt, deposits and weathering easy to clean. Fill it with warm or hot water. There are different attachments for sale.
Pressure washers
A pressure washer is a device which water under high pressure (between 100 and 140 bar) through a special hose leading to a spray gun. Clean this persistent attack , weathering and dirt. Connect special attachments and remove example, deposits of terrace tiles. Or make your car, caravan or fence clean.
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Accessories
Standard lance (speed power)
Use the standard spray lance to your car, motorcycle, bicycle or caravan clean. The water is distributed over a relatively large surface area so that the risk of damage is very small. Hold the front of the lance 20 centimetres.
Rotary lance (tornado)
A power lance and dirt cutter is a special lance that reduces water flow. As the water makes better clean. A disadvantage is that the jet hits a smaller surface area. Therefore, put the power lance a rotary action, as you increase along the surface. A power lance is suitable for most terraces and walls.
Patio Cleaner (patio cleaner)
Avoid splashing water with a special deck cleaner. These works clean, effective and prevents everything after is covered in sand or mud.
cleaning solution
Some pressure washers you can add detergent. Increase as the cleaning action. Most pressure washers are suitable for warm and hot water. With warm or hot water you remove fats and oils.
Wash brush
Use a soft washing brush for your car. So you do not damage the paint. The brush has water and is available with adjustable telescopic handle.