Nursery Tools Quiz and Flashcards: Learn Their Uses

Study Notes

Footwear is used to protect feet from stones, falling items, or tools.
Gloves are used to protect hands and fingers from cuts, blisters, calluses, sun damage, abrasions, and dirt.

Budding knives are small knives designed for budding, grafting with a single eye or bud.
Cultivators are used to break up compacted soil, spread fertilizers and compost, and remove shallow-rooted weeds without disturbing the roots of surrounding plants.
Trowels are small handheld tools used to dig small holes and transplant vegetable seedlings.
Rakes are long-handled tools used to create a fine tilt and level seedbeds, collect plant debris and stones, break soil clumps, and spread fertilizers or compost.
Spades are long-handled tools used for digging, shoveling soil and compost, and moving shrubs or plants.
Hoes are long-handled tools with flat and perpendicular blades used to remove weeds, agitate and groom soil surfaces, and dig, move, and hill soil during preparation for planting.

Aerator is effective in reducing soil compaction by removing small plugs in soil.
Forks are used for digging soils in situations where the use of spade may be difficult, and for turning soils, tilling large areas, breaking up compacted clods, and raking out weeds and stones.
Shovels are highly versatile and widely used garden tools for digging large holes and transporting heavier materials such as wet soils and rocks.

Baskets are used for collecting harvested produces.
Crates (plastic, wooden) are used for collecting harvested fruits.
Fruit picker is a clip and pick fruit picker or a fruit tree picking pole with a basket.
Wheelbarrow is used for transportation of seedlings, planting materials, growing media, and other small loads.
Hydraulic platform is used for harvesting, pruning, and spraying operations in orchards.

Meter (measuring tape) is used for laying out seedbeds, plots, and plant spacing.
Peg is used for securing net, line, or fleece to the ground.
String (garden twine) is used for laying out activities, tying plants to stakes, and is available in natural jute and coated.

Ladders are used for tree pruning, harvesting, and other activities in fruit orchards.
Machete is a large, strong blade usually around half a meter long.
Shears are used for different purposes such as pruning and harvesting.
Watering can is a portable water container used for watering smaller areas and containers.