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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
Chances are her arsenal includes a dinged-up trowel, a dull hand pruner and garden gloves with gaping holes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
"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
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
Disinfect pruners and planting pots and containers with a solution of one-part household bleach and ten-parts water.
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
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