12 16 digging tools
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Horticulture Equipment
Plant: Blue Spruce
Term: Shovel
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Blue SprucePicea pungens
• Plant type: Evergreen Tree • USDA Hardiness Zones: 3a to 7b • Height: 35 – 60 ft, Spread: 15 – 25 ft • Exposure: partial shade to full sun
As a Christmas Tree needs full sun • Leaf Color: Blue, Silvery • Growth Rate: average • Form: Columnar, Pyramidal• Uses: Specimen, windbreak• Very prickly when used as a Christmas tree
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• Shovel – used for cleaning loose soil from planting holes and other scooping uses. A shovel has sides
• A spade does not
• Spading shovel – a combination tool that can be used for both digging as well as scooping
Shovels
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Digging tools
• Spades – are flatter than shovels. They penetrate the soil better but have less scooping capability
• May have a flat edge for borders or a curved edge for digging holes for plantings
• May be narrow for trenches
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Digging tools
• Garden or spading fork – used for turning over soil that is not compacted, digging bulbs and potatoes, and weeding
• Scoop – used for moving loose materials such as crushed stone or peat moss
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Digging tools
• Hand trowel – used for transplanting bedding flowers.
• Post hole digger – digs deep narrow holes for posts
• Bulb planter
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Sharpening Tools
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Sharpening Cutting Tools
• Saws• Chain Saw – Round Files• Most saws need professional sharpening• Off-set teeth• Sharpen Cutting Edge
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Sharpen Pruners & Loppers
• Anvil– Sharpen both sides of cutting blade– Not the anvil side
• Bypass– Sharpen one side only
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Sharpening Pruners
• 1. Take apart• Remember which side the washer was on
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Sharpening Pruners
• Determine cutting edge• Sharpen with a stone & oil or a sharpening
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Clean with solvent
• Turpentine, kerosene, or adhesive remover will clean off sap from blades and handles
• Remove all rust with steel wool– Not soap pads
• Oil all parts
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Reassemble
• Make sure blades align• Pay attention to the shapes of the washers
and bolts
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Check
• Make sure there is not gap when the pruners are closed