What type of pruning tools would you recommend?

[Jeremy S]

I am going to place an order with www.medicalsuppliesplus.net for some tweezers and scissors but I would like to know what the most helpful sizes would be. I’m thinking of getting both 18” and 12” tweezers but I am wondering if there are any other sizes that you like to use like the 8” ones. I was also wondering what sizes of scissors are best and if anyone has ever used the curved scissors. Thanks.

[djlen]

Mostly I have learned it's easier just to follow the leaf stem down to the crown with your fingers and pinch it off with your finger nails.
But I also use two different types of scissors. One is a "surgical" pair with small ends and long handles, and the other is a mustache scissors that I had laying around, for trimming up the cuttings for replanting.
I've never used tweezers.

Len

[Captain Hook]

Len is there a certain point where you pinch you stem plants? I usually just pick a spot on them, often about half way down, and pinch it off. Then I replant.

I've found when I have been doing this that the original stem stops growing after. It then sends up a new stem somewhere near the top at an angle. It doesn't keep growing as one.