I've got a very tall avocado tree. Has anyone picked avocado's with this? wonder if it will be gentle enough.
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I pick ripe apricots and plums with mine, and it doesn't bruise them. It depends, of course, on the handler: if you bat at the fruit with it, it will bruise, but if you use it gently, it's fine.
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I've got a mango and papaya tree I use this on. The papaya (like the avocado) are bunched together and it can be tricky getting around the other fruit but it is gentle as long as you pull at the stem.
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This Picker has a foam shield and is great for picking fruit on tall trees because the picker has an extender that goes in and out
1253595
Works wonderfully. Cushion at the bottom protects well, never a bruise! My avocados take quite a tug to separate sometimes, too.
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Yes....i'm sure picking Avacado's would be fine with the Flexrake. There is a small "cushion" the bottom, I left it there so the fruit will be ok.
1674743
I have not picked up acorns, however, I have some hard pods from a sweet glum tree that really makes a bad sound if I get into any. I have since stopped using the vac on them and I rake them into a pile and pick them up by hand. Not to bad, better than damaging the vac.
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I have been using mine for over a year, and they are still just as effective as they first were. I think if it were to break down, it would take so long, that the tree would have outgrown the tree ring by that time! You will probably have to remove it eventually, as the trunk circumference increases in size. I have them placed around young fruit trees. They are perfect for that use. If you need to weedwhack around them, you can get "protectors" for the base of the trunk, so you won't scar up the bark around the bottom, and kill the tree that way. If you should accidentally cut into the tender bark, you can use "Pruning sealer" on the wound, thereby "bandaging" its wound. You should get good use from these, and when the tree "outgrows" them, re-use them for more young trees.
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Yep - just be sure you buy the "optional" attachments they suggest - then you will have the options yoiu need in terms if the variety size of tree....it's my 3rd attempt in purchasing such a style of item and it rocks!
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Yes it will pull up Morning glory or Smilax. It may take a couple of tries in moist soil. With a slight turn of the handle as you bring out the root. Practice makes perfect they say.
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Mine came with one small fruit on. However, in the shock of transport and then transplant it lost the fruit before it could mature. I've only had mine for a few months. I'm hoping I'll have avocados next year. It is getting quite a bit of new growth. I have it in a large planter on my front patio.
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Eggplant may be a little too large for this. I have peeled large apples, potatoes, and yams with no problem.
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Being more fragile than citrus fruit I don't know if this would work well unless you were very careful. If the tomatoes are real ripe and don't need pulling or cutting off the vine, then yes. If you need to pull them (as you often do with citrus, then you will damage the plant, as it has no snipping ability. You would have to do it carefully. There is a foam piece on the bottom of the picker to soften the blow when the fruit falls (nice addition especially for softer fruit). The pulling on the plant is what I would be most concerned about. For citrus, I love mine!
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If they are still fairly hard it should be OK. The fruit gets banged around a little in the picking process, but there is a little foam pad that fits into the bottom of the basket, and that helps.
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Yes, will work on any size. The scooping part is the only part of the process where size would matter and there is no reason you can't just do a second scoop to get out any meat that is left. I eat 2-3 avocados a week, all sizes, and have no problems. Ripe ones works best, which is true for any avocado thing I can think of. I'd buy this again.
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It has been a while since I have picked peaches but I do believe it should work. My only hesitation is if peaches are really really ripe, will the wire prongs to pull them off tree bruise them. For the price and quality I think it is worth your ordering. I know the basket has foam in bottom to help elim bruising as it falls and you could certainly add more cushioning there as well as pick one at a time so not to hit each other in basket and bruise that way. But, not sure if prongs which are coated with rubber will damage. Sorry I can't be of more help. good luck. I would try it.
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Works well up to medium-large sized avocados. The really big ones will leave some meat on the inside of the skin but haven't been too many of those. It adjusts well to small ones.
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YES. I've used mine that way just recently. Great pole saw. AND LONG ! I use it for my Palm trees which are quite high.I must add.....after reading other answers, that you will NOT have much leverage, because all you will have is thetop silver part. BUT, I made out fine. It's Not in place of a "Pruning Saw".
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L., I don't know how well attached papayas are to the tree. If you have to cut them off, then no this won't work. But... if you can pull papayas off by simply twisting the fruit and then lifting, yes, this should work. As for very high? How very high? I have mine on a 3 meter pole, and have stood on a 5 meter ladder to reach apples. You can work longer poles with this tool, like a 6 or 7 meter bamboo pole, but you will have to add some cord to make it work. Hope this helps.
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Potted mine too in about 3ft dia pot and it was outside over last summer and took well. I live on coast in VA. But then we had a bad rain storm and I didn't get it drained well enough and think root rot set in. It's been in house all winter and I mist it regularly but not sure it's surviving. If it's still seems viable when whether warms I think I should dig up and put rocks in bottom for drainage (there were holes in pot but I'd set it in a pan in house just after bad rain and didn't realize pan was full as I kept watering....stupid!) anyway, my thumb is green with 'easy' house plants and this poor guy (we named him Larry) has kept me in turmoil. I read it's fine to pot but not sure where I went wrong exactly. Hope this helps and I'd love any advice from anyone else!
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Only if you cut the avocado in fourths and crush one piece at a time on top of each other. A whole avocado will not fit at one time. I hope this helps.
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I've only used it on my apple tree out back. It worked great, got way up into the tree, almost made me dizzy trying to keep my eye on the basket!