Leaf Cut
Posted in Candles and Soaps on 10/29/2011 03:50 pm by adminLeaf Cut
If you cut the dead parts of a leaf off using metal scissors, will the cut edge turn brown?
Is this true? I was told this recently but it hasn't seemed to happen to a plant I have. I periodically trim any leaves where the tips have turned brown and someone saw me doing it with metal scissors and said to use plastic scissors. True or False?
I have been gardening all my life...I use Cutco metal scissors for the kitchen....and the garden, including taking cuttings to start new plants.....even trimmed the side of the sidewalk...put them in the dishwasher each time I use them....when I was working in a greenhouse for years, we used metal scissors for everything, but we had to dip them in alcohol and rinse each time we started a new job with them....cuttings, trimming,, etc...
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