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Post by Plocket on Sept 29, 2006 16:17:41 GMT
I guess I haven't entered the date!!!!! 11 days to go.........  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2006 16:25:11 GMT
26 days for me, I took my birthday out as put in wrong DOB and made myself 10 years younger. Sara  |
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Post by Plocket on Sept 29, 2006 16:57:33 GMT
PML!!! What's wrong with that Sara?  ? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2006 17:11:51 GMT
Paranoid I spose,
I got asked for ID buying Cigs they other day, Ok I probably could pass for 26 but 16 Huh!
Sara ;D
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Post by madonplants on Sept 29, 2006 17:20:45 GMT
Paranoid I spose, I got asked for ID buying Cigs they other day, Ok I probably could pass for 26 but 16 Huh! Sara ;D If you didn't smoke, you wouldn't get asked!!!! Keith |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2006 17:27:02 GMT
Gather you don't smoke then Keith, Also would someone tell the bus drivers stop asking me for my child rate photo pass. Sara |
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Post by Plocket on Sept 29, 2006 17:47:37 GMT
PML! I should be so lucky!!! |
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Post by madonplants on Sept 29, 2006 21:31:23 GMT
Gather you don't smoke then Keith, Also would someone tell the bus drivers stop asking me for my child rate photo pass. Sara Sorry, no I don't, never have never will! I will now tell you why. I did a work experience, when I was 15 at a food research centre, where my project for the week was to make artificial dates. On my first day, I was introduced to a cancer scientist and after introductions, he took me over to a glass cabinet to ask me what I thought was inside it. I told him I thought it was a lump of charcoal. I was wrong! He told me it was a 25 year old young man's lung. He had been smoking since he was about 15 and he died 10 years later of lung cancer. He then explained all about smoking and cancer and I vowed never to have a single one. I haven't but came close when I went to a party when I was 17 and everyone smoked and offered me one. I felt so left out. Now I am proud of myself. That experience with the scientist was far better than any of these adverts on tv. Sorry I am VERY anti smoking. The worst sight is seeing attractive women walking along the road all dressed up but with a cigarette in their gob. It is a right turn off!!! Not that I need to be turned on by them, I am happily married and have ben for 21 years! Sorry I won't go any further! Keith |
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Post by andy on Oct 1, 2006 8:57:43 GMT
Felco 2's are the best general all round secateurs in my experience.
I do believe that all Felco's come with a lifetime guarantee.....has anyone ever taken advantage of this and sent theirs back for a service ?
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Post by Plocket on Oct 2, 2006 8:23:42 GMT
You might have to start a new thread to ask that Andy!
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Post by Margi on Oct 2, 2006 12:18:59 GMT
Just out of interest, if these electric Felcos are meant for people who haven't the strength in their hands to use normal ones, how the heck are they supposed to lug these with their 3.6kg battery around the garden??? I would LOVE to know if they ever sell any, and if so why?
Margi x
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Post by Plocket on Oct 2, 2006 16:18:25 GMT
PML I didn't think of that Margi. Mind you I guess you could invest in the Felco 82s which only have a 2 kilo battery!!!!!
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 3, 2006 12:56:04 GMT
hope this isn't seen as a bit off topic - but as this thread has had 270-odd views to date, there might be some newer gadeners out there among them who are frightened by the cost of Felco's - and think there's no useful alternative.
In this household we're divided: Felco's for her, the old Rollcut anvil type for me... depends on what you're cutting.
I spend most of my time on shrubs and more woody stuff and I've never found anything better than Rollcuts - plus they're only a couple of quid/fiver at the most at carboot sales and markets. The Felco's are - possibly - better on more fragile stems like Plocket's beloved Clems, as they are supposed to be less likely to crush as they cut.
I think the jury's still out on that one...
OM.
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Post by Plocket on Oct 3, 2006 15:48:52 GMT
Hia OM! Well you've guessed what I want my felcos for!!! I've not really got much in the garden that needs heavier-duty cutting equipment but when things mature I would consider getting loppers for sturdier or woodier stuff.
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 3, 2006 16:27:16 GMT
I have seen a cutter that locked on to a branch. You do the first cut, let go and the blade stays in. Some kind of mechanism then opens the handle and you can squeeze again to Finnish cutting the branch. A sort of lever.
Are those Felco secateurs like that?
With my artrose I am on the lookout for a less painful pair of secs but logging a battery along is so not OK.
I do not know the brand of the secs I described <doh>.
Any ideas are welcome.
I think I can leave this on this thread because the solution may very well be Felco.
Dutchy
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Post by sleepysunday on Oct 3, 2006 16:28:44 GMT
Ratcheted.
I bought pair of ratcheted secateurs and ratcheted lopers from the Kings Heath garden show.
They are good.
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Post by Dutchy on Oct 3, 2006 16:59:31 GMT
OK Any particular brand?
Dutchy
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Post by Plocket on Oct 3, 2006 17:49:56 GMT
Yep I need to know too, Christmas isn't that far off!!!!! ;D
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Post by madonplants on Oct 4, 2006 15:37:36 GMT
Lets put it this way. I have had my Felcos for years and have only just bought a sharpening stone for them. I forget how many I went through with those cheaper white ones. You know which ones I mean! I used to change my pruners 2 yearly and now that is the least of my worries. You get what you pay for with pruners. They are sooo much stronger, even I was surprised!
Keith
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Post by obelixx on Oct 4, 2006 15:59:01 GMT
I've had my Felcos since 1989 and just give them an occasional squirt of WD40, especially before putting them away for the winter. I never prune anything that's frozen!
I found one of those mini sharpeners last spring and it's been great but before that they got a tickle maybe once a year with a kitchen steel. That's all. They're brilliant.
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Post by Plocket on Oct 4, 2006 17:47:41 GMT
Do you mean a mini-steel Obelixx? I've seen them and think they look cute but did wonder whether they actually did a decent job. Perhaps I should ask whether anyone has a preference for using a steel or a stone!!!
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Post by madonplants on Oct 5, 2006 9:37:09 GMT
This is what I have just started using, but I found it at a g/c. It seems to do the trick. I never needed to sharpen them before, but recently they seem to have been losing their edge, so I bought one of these. I have never abused my Felcos so maybe I have been lucky. On tough branches my Wolf longhandles pruners come out. Hope this helps. Oh yes, the link!! www.ukoutdoorstore.co.uk/felco_sharpening_stone.htmlKeith |
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Post by obelixx on Oct 6, 2006 9:38:00 GMT
Yes Plocket. A mini steel. Much better for getting in the corners than a stone or kitchen steel.
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Post by Plocket on Oct 6, 2006 9:54:45 GMT
Excellent - thanks Obelixx! That can go on my Christmas list now! ;D
The stone looks pretty good too Madon but I can't help thinking that the steel looks nice as well as being useful.
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Post by madonplants on Oct 6, 2006 12:19:47 GMT
It works and that is the main thing in my book!! Time will tell, if it is still going strong in the years to come. The only problem is, I have to keep remembering which side to use it with. You use one side on the front of your pruners and the other side on back of them. I have kept the cardboard on which it came, until I can remember it. Sad isn't it!!!?
Keith
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Post by Plocket on Oct 6, 2006 15:29:34 GMT
Ah! Another reason for me to get the steel rather than the stone!!! |
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Post by grannyjanny on Oct 6, 2006 19:50:49 GMT
Hi Plocket. I hope you've had a lovely w/e with your family.
I've just been on a site called gardening4less & they had some felcos no2 with 25o/o off.
Thought it might be of some use.
Janet.
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Post by Plocket on Oct 9, 2006 15:53:34 GMT
Thanks for that Janet although I'm afraid it's a bit late! M&D are actually getting them for me and I know dad looked at gardening4less, and another site that gave a free Swiss army knife if you bought from them. I'll find out tomorrow hopefully!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 7:25:16 GMT
The Telegraph gardening section had an article on Saturday - "Top the the chops" - Keep pruning simple by choosing the right secateurs for you. Recommendations included Wolf Garten, Wilkinson Sword, Plantstuff, Spear and Jackson, Frances Hilary and Felco. They stated that Felco are still the choice for the professional gardener, Felco's No. 7 secateurs have a forged aluminium rotating handle so you can reach awkward branches with ease, and the design optimises the force exerted without pressure on your wrist - available from Harrod Horticultural for £49.95 www.harrodhorticultural.com/HarrodSite/category/Garden+Tools%5FFelco+Tools/ |
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Post by Plocket on Oct 10, 2006 9:16:12 GMT
They must be good if they are still the top choice. Thanks for that Rita!
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