Has anyone else had the joy of using the Long Arm Telescoping Pruner from Lee Valley - or other source?
I've been so impressed by this tool the last couple years I want to recommend it. I've hesitated because it seems so light and fragile, yet it keeps proving itself to be durable and dependable. Who knew? It's 71 inches long, and telescopes in four possible stops to 10 feet long. Able to be gripped in the squeezing hand, and the other hand has a grip on the shaft on a rotating handle that allows the pole/pruner to rotate nearly 300 degrees so it can be positioned for the best snip. Cuts most first and second year wood and some third year. While it does make one more remote from the intimacy with the inner space of the branches -- as one is able to stand on a ladder or a scaffold branch or the ground and reach a long ways in or out to make the snip without actually going there physically -- it does make pruning faster and easier in many ways.
See
leevalley.com for details. This pruner sells for $41.50 plus tax and shipping. Worth every penny.
Morninglory FarmZone 3b* in Ontario
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/12/2013 08:57PM by Michael Phillips.