This tool for the inoculation of trees and shrubs appeared on the market relatively recently, but has already taken its place of honor among other garden tools.
Many gardeners love planting plants. With such a tool as inoculating secateurs, it became easy and exciting. Wishing to purchase this modern invention, you need to be able to choose it correctly.
How to buy a good pruner for vaccination?
First of all, the tool should be with sharp blades. If they are not sharpened enough, when you work with shoots, you simply damage them, because you will tear them, and not cut them. Modern tools are manufactured from alloy steel, additionally treated with Teflon, electrophoresis and so on. All this makes the tool more durable and comfortable.
The thickness of the blade of the pruner is also important. For inoculum, it should be 1.5-2 mm. Also, check that the blade is firmly held in the handle.
In the process of using the grafting pruner, the type of spring connecting the handles to each other is important. The most reliable springs are banded.
For convenience, it is important when the handle of the pruner is covered with rubberized material. Your hands at work will not slide, and also on fingers and palms there will be no corns .
Do not forget to check that the gap between the blades is minimal and their stroke is tight. In this case, the shoots will not crumple and damage. Do not hesitate in buying to test the pruner by making trial cuts. If there are no shoots at hand, try it on a simple piece of paper. Evaluate the lines of cuts, at the same time feel, is it convenient to lay a secateur in your hand.
Professional inoculum secateurs
This highly specialized tool is able to perform two functions - vaccination and pruning. For inoculation, there are nozzles with a figured knife, which cuts out the reciprocal parts on the prio and rootstock, which are easy to connect and make a successful vaccination.
The quality, professional tool knives have a high profile - 11 mm, they are made of alloy steel, processed by electrophoresis. With such an adaptation, the high effectiveness of vaccinations is guaranteed.
Previously, very laborious work on plant vaccination with this remarkable device became problem-free, pleasant, safe. With such a pruner, you will not cut your hands, as was often the case with a vaccination knife.
Prisoner inoculant produced in Belarus
The Belarusian grafting secateurs are the most reliable secateur on the domestic market. Completely made of polished steel, coated with zinc. The hardness of the cutting knife corresponds to the highest standards and requirements of German and Japanese manufacturers.
The design of the pruner is designed in such a way that the cut on the prievo and the rootstock is perfectly smooth. The cut is made in a matter of seconds. The pruner is suitable for grafting grapes, apple, plum and all other crops, which can be grafted with a knife.
Thanks to the exact cut, it is possible to create a strong connection between the graft and the stock, which increases the chances of survival.
Features of work with grafting pruner
The minimum thickness of the shank for grafting is 4 mm, and the maximum - 12 mm. Cuttings when working with a pruner do not break and do not bend.
Replaceable nozzles with U-shaped, V-shaped and Ω-shaped knives allow to obtain a cut of one or another shape. There is no fundamental difference between the two, but the last type of cut works like a latch, which is more convenient and reliable when grafting crops. But a U-shaped blade can cut more thin cuttings.