Content
- Disinfect a pruner
- How can you disinfect the secateurs?
- Disinfect the secateurs step by step
- When is it necessary to disinfect a secateurs?
- Fast disinfection while working
- Tips
After cutting sick plants, the secateurs should definitely be disinfected
Disinfect a pruner
Especially after cutting sick trees or shrubs, you should disinfect your pruning shears to prevent the viruses, fungi or bacteria from spreading to other plants. Below you will find out which remedies are suitable for the secateurs and which quick alternatives are available below.
How can you disinfect the secateurs?
For disinfection, various cleaning agents come into question, most of which must take some time. A quick method is burning with a burner. Here, however, you must be extremely careful that you do not burn the plastic part.
Other means are:
Disinfect the secateurs step by step
In the following, we will explain briefly how to disinfect your pruning shears step by step with spirit or alcohol.
When is it necessary to disinfect a secateurs?
Trees and bushes can get sick. Then a pruning is often necessary to remove affected parts of plants. After such a cut, you should disinfect your secateurs, but not only then! Diseases are not always recognizable. It would be best to disinfect the pruning shears after each shrub, but that is very time-consuming. Which alternatives are there?
Fast disinfection while working
Many gardeners, who find it too expensive to thoroughly disinfect pruners after each crop cut, have developed intelligent methods that may not kill all germs, but certainly increase hygiene and thus reduce the risk of infection. Three funds have settled here:
After each plant cut, apply a shot of one of the above means to a tissue and wipe off the cutting surfaces. Ready is the fast, if not completely 100% disinfection.
Tips
Washing after each cut with warm water does not kill germs, viruses or fungi.