Common tools and safety measures for shaping and pruning garden trees

Common tools and safety measures for shaping and pruning garden trees

(1) tools commonly used for shaping and pruning garden trees

① shears: used for pruning branches below 4cm.

② high branch pruning: used to prune twigs at the top of a tree. Handsaw: used for sawing does not count as a very thick branch.

⑨ knife saw: for sawing thicker branches.

④ chainsaw: used for sawing thick branches.

⑤ high branch chainsaw: used for sawing branches that are not large in height.

⑥ flat shears: for refurbishing hedges.

(2) Safety measures for shaping and pruning of garden trees

① tools should be kept sharp during pruning. Prepare protective equipment, tree climbing equipment and ladders, and carefully check the flexibility of each part before use to see if it is loose to avoid accidents. Fasten the safety rope when climbing the tree.

② had better wear soft-soled rubber shoes and trim the tree to prevent damage to the bark and disease.

③ if someone is pruning on a tree or on a high stool, no other personnel under the tree should do other operations, passers-by should also pay attention to avoid unnecessary personal casualties caused by sawing off large branches, or accidentally dropping saws, shears, etc.

When ④ prunes large-crowned trees, use high stools as much as possible to reduce the frequency of tree climbing, so as to protect the bark from damage to various types of branches. After cutting a big tree, check it again so that you can find and correct anything wrong in the pruning in time. For those big branches or individual plants that are left to be re-pruned in spring, marks should be made.

⑤ cut branches, dead branches, etc., must be cleaned up to prevent diseases and insect pests.

People with high blood pressure and heart disease in ⑥ are not allowed to climb trees, and the weather is bad, so they are not allowed to operate on trees.