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 Telescopic
Pruners - Uses and
Benefits
By Dan Fenstemaker,
Inventor of the Original
INTELETOOL
A Telescopic Pruner is a
valuable tool to both
professional gardeners
and home gardeners.
Telescopic pruners can
be a welcomed addition
to the tool set of any
gardener who needs the
capacity of reach when
pruning. For those who
are not familiar with
telescopic pruners, I
would like to explain
the basic uses and
benefits.
Tree, Hedge and Plant
Maintenance and Health
Telescopic pole pruners
allow a gardener to
reach into large or
thick hedges and trees
to remove stems or
branches and to trim
back overgrowth.
Telescopic pole pruners
are also great when
maintaining thorny
bushes or hedges, so you
can avoid injuries.
Also, the health of a
tree or hedge can be
improved through
pruning. Some diseases
can spread more quickly
if affected branches are
not removed. Also,
pruning dense trees
allows better sunlight
to other parts of the
tree and even allows for
better air circulation.
Shaping trees and
removing damaged
branches or branches
that are rubbing
together and bruising is
also achieved through
pruning. Telescopic pole
pruners allow the
gardener to shape trees
much more easily since
many can allow the user
to reach 15 feet or
more.
Working Safely and
Removing the Chances of
Property Damage
Telescopic Pruners
allows the user to work
from the ground,
eliminating the use of
ladders and the
possibility of falling.
Telescopic pole pruners
also allow users to
reach across pools or
ponds and decrease the
chances of falling in.
Pole pruners can also
allow users to avoid
carrying heavy and
dangerous saws or
chainsaws up into trees
which can be very
dangerous.
When branches are
diseased or damaged,
they become a safety
hazard to people and
property. Telescopic
pruners can be used to
remove these branches.
Also, when trees grow
too close to power lines
or phone lines, severe
storms or heavy snows
may cause branches to
damage or bring down
these lines. Pruning
trees is very important
in these situations. A
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Be
very careful when
pruning around power
lines. Many times, it is
better to have a
professional tree
cutting service or
arborist perform the
necessary work.
Safely Harvesting
Flowers or Fruit
If you have fruit trees,
flowering shrubs or
bushes, telescopic
pruners can be a great
tool to remove what you
are harvesting with
safety to you and the
fruit or flower you are
removing. Picking ripe
apples or oranges from
the ground is a lot
easier and safer than
getting up into the tree
with a ladder. Some
telescopic pruners also
have a cut-and-grab
feature that holds the
fruit or flower after
you have cut it. This
allows you to carry the
fruit or flower safely
to the ground without
damaging or bruising it
by dropping it.
Also, as mentioned
earlier, using a
telescopic pruner to
remove flowers from a
rose bush or other
thorny bush keeps your
hands and arms safe from
painful scratches. And,
if you’ve ever climbed
into a tree thick with
branches, you also know
you can be scratched or
poked with sharp
branches, which is both
painful and dangerous.
Pruning is an important
part of keeping your
plants, hedges and trees
healthy and beautiful,
and telescopic pruners
are a great tool to make
pruning faster, easier,
and much safer. And
telescopic pruners can
be a great gift for the
person who has just
about every other garden
tool.
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Dan Fenstemaker is a
telescopic pruners expert.
For more great
information on
telescopic pruners,
visit
http://www.inteletool.com. |
