| It's a good idea to keep
a couple pair of pliers and wire cutters at hand during a potting session,
there's always something that needs to be bent, twisted, cut or removed.
Lineman's pliers are a multi-purpose tool for the orchid grower; they can
cut through wire hangers with relative ease or bend a rhizome clip to make
it fit tighter. Their substantial weight allows them to be used as a sort
of hammer, the angular jaws can enlarge the drainage holes in clay pots
with ease or force that tight stake into position. Diagonal cutters
can be used to cut lighter gauges of wire used for hanging baskets.
diagonal cutters, lineman's pliers, needlenose pliers |
