Re: pruning cuts

Cathy,
Are your loppers anvil or bypass?  Ratchet?
I use an old ratchet bypass lopper, never sharpened, that still seems to cut
cleanly. Don't try to cut anything larger than it can handle.  If there is a
little bit of stripping  left on the removed side, I clean it up with
pruners. I haven't had that happen on the attached side.
Sometimes I cheat and do use my loppers on something larger than I should.
In that case, I cut only so far, then flip the loppers over, or move myself
to a different angle. I position the loppers in the same grooves made from
the previous cut, but now the blade is in a new area.  I may only reposition
once, sometimes 2 or 3 times.  I know - I should go get the saw, but I'm
kind of lazy that way.  But I do seem to still get a clean cut.

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy Carpenter" <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] pruning cuts


> I have a problem with loppers - they never seem to cut cleanly for me
> (even when brand new), so end up with the same tearing of the lower
> edge of the cut that would happen if I attempted to saw through without
> making three cuts. Any helpful hints?
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> On Monday, March 7, 2005, at 03:47 PM, james singer wrote:
>
> > Me too.
> >
> > Except it depends on the diameter of the limb. If I can get my loppers
> > around it, I usually make it in one cut. If it's a job for the bow saw
> > or the pole saw, then it's a series of cuts.
> >
> > On Monday, March 7, 2005, at 11:03 AM, Fort Wayne, IN wrote:
> >
> >> If I'm cutting a long limb, I cut it off about a foot out from where
> >> the cut
> >> should be made to get rid of the weight.  Then I go in and make the
> >> actual 3
> >> required cuts.
> >> Kitty
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
> >> Behalf Of pdickson
> >> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 7:46 AM
> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >> Subject: [CHAT] pruning cuts
> >>
> >>
> >> I see so many people that don't make the cut at the right place on the
> >> collar.  He talked a lot about how that long piece will have to rot
> >> down and
> >> when it gets going that sometimes it doesn't stop at the collar...
> >> just
> >> keeps on rotting until it kills the tree.
> >> Another big point is to ALWAYS make several cuts to complete one cut.
> >>  Start
> >> with a little cut from underneath... so that when you cut from the
> >> top the
> >> weight won't drop the limb and pull a strip off the tree from
> >> underneath.
> >> Lots of good information that I am remembering in spurts!
> >> Tricia
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 9:23 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] pruning question
> >>
> >>
> >>> one thing mentioned in the pruning talk here was that narrow crotches
> >>> collect more debris.  More material sits in the crotch and rots.
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>> neIN, Z5
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 9:23 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] pruning question
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Donna,
> >>>> One tip that has stuck with me from a pruning talk is to hold up
> >>>> your
> >>> hand,
> >>>> then bend down the little finger and the ring finger.  Now the 3
> >>>> fingers
> >>>> left are your tool to know which is the strong and the weak crotch
> >>>> angle.
> >>>> The thumb and the first finger represent a good strong angle.  The
> >>>> pointer
> >>>> finger and the middle finger represent a weak angle.  He gave lots
> >>>> of
> >>>> reasons why that is so... like the first one has more room for
> >>>> cells...
> >>> but
> >>>> really all I retained is which one is a good angle and which one you
> >>> should
> >>>> try to prune out.
> >>>> I hope that made sense!
> >>>> Tricia
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> >>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 7:37 PM
> >>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] pruning question
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Well grab your favorite pruning shears and come on down :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> LOL! If you think that tree needs pruning, you should see another
> >>>>> one!
> >>>>> I
> >>>>> am
> >>>>> seriously thinking of digging it out and trashing it since it is a
> >>>>> very
> >>>>> small tree. A storm last year about took it out. It lost so many
> >>> branches
> >>>>> I
> >>>>> should have put it out of it's misery then.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Donna
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Pruning is one of my favorite garden chores.
> >>>>>>     Ceres
> >>>>>
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