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View Full Version : Trimming many mats with same scissors, multiple opinions wanted.


Brandon1971
08-14-2014, 04:31 AM
I live in ft Myers Florida. I am wondering if using the same scissors between a lot of mats with multiple varietys will matter for disease. I know the theory is bad but does anyone have experience of this going wrong for them?

kubali
08-14-2014, 07:57 AM
Yes it will, If the disease is present then the scissors will act as a transfer device between which ever banana mats they come in contact with or any other plant that they touch. That is why like a doctor does you should always may sure they are sterile after each cut. Like dipped in alcohol. I used the same pruning shears to prune back my apple trees and spread black spot disease all over on them and I just missed killing my trees.

cincinnana
08-14-2014, 01:09 PM
The tree service that I get my wood chips from uses the alcohol sanitizing method between some jobs and trees to control disease.

I also use the same knives to cut leaves off all my plants, bananas included.
But I am sure it is ticking time bomb.

siege2050
08-15-2014, 02:55 AM
Disease transfer is a possibility, with my cannas that have tons of seed pods that I have to trim off weekly, It would be impossible to cut each one with a different tool, so I dip the clippers in alcohol, or a bleach solution.

reaven5566
11-06-2014, 11:54 PM
if using the same scissors between a lot of mats with multiple varietys will matter for disease????