Ag Fact! 3/31

• Americans bought over _______ roses in the year 1996.

Ag Fact! 3/31

• Americans bought over 1.2 billion roses in the year 1996.

Trim and shape plants

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This feature is used for small size plants for pruning or for clipping bushes.

Caps the end of cut flowers to keep them fresh/provide water

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This is a sprayer that you can use to spray your plants down with any type of substance that you want.

Breaks up the water into streams so the pressure of the water

doesn't ruin or damage the plant

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Respirator

• Respirators help you breath with out inhaling toxic fumes by filtering the air.

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Shovel

• Shovels help you dig things like dirt and soil or perhaps even sand, quite possibly even manure.

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Mist Head

• Mist heads create mist by focusing the water through a mechanism that creates mist.

Spade

• It digs soil in a different manner than a normal shovel.

Wire Cutter

• Wire cutters cut wire.

Rose Dethorner

• Rose dethorners dethorn roses

Florist Scissors• For trimming, pinching

• Able to do a multitude of jobs• Blades are longer than handle

                      

Florist Shears

• Used for rougher cutting

• Also good for craft projects

• Good for wire cutting• Blades are shorter

than handle

                      

Siphon Emitter

• Uses suction to pull a solution into your

water flow• Add fertilizer, etc

Line Strainer• These systems have been good in cost-

effective straining for around 30 years.• There are also many systems for different

projects, one of them being agriculture.

SOIL SAMPLING TOOL

• A soil sampling measuring device for collecting and measuring samples of soil for testing the volatile organic compounds in the soil.

Solenoid valve

• The solenoid converts electrical energy into mechanical energy which, in turn, opens or closes the valve mechanically

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Spading fork

• has flat tines that are great for turning soil, lifting plants or bulbs and separating perennials. A spading fork is less jarring to the user than a shovel when digging in rocky soil. You can also use this tool to aerate and relieve soil compaction.

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Time clock

• Water your plants based on certain times.

Bud Vase

To sell individual flowers.