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    From Laura Fenik@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 19 18:53:19 2020
    Any recommendations for a good, quality pair of gloves for pulling
    thistle, pruning thorny plants and such? Prefer elbow-length and full protection against the sharp buggers. I'm in northeastern U.S.

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  • From hubops@ccanoemail.ca@21:1/5 to Laura@LogicalInsight.net on Fri Jun 19 15:16:37 2020
    On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 18:53:19 -0000 (UTC), Laura Fenik <Laura@LogicalInsight.net> wrote:

    Any recommendations for a good, quality pair of gloves for pulling
    thistle, pruning thorny plants and such? Prefer elbow-length and full >protection against the sharp buggers. I'm in northeastern U.S.


    https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/garden/clothing/gloves/65392-rose-gloves

    https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/garden/clothing/gloves/62005-protective-pruning-gloves

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  • From David E. Ross@21:1/5 to Laura Fenik on Fri Jun 19 12:57:25 2020
    On 6/19/2020 11:53 AM, Laura Fenik wrote:
    Any recommendations for a good, quality pair of gloves for pulling
    thistle, pruning thorny plants and such? Prefer elbow-length and full protection against the sharp buggers. I'm in northeastern U.S.


    If it is Scotch thistle, the spines will penetrate even leather gloves.
    I know thiis from personal experience.

    Now, I use an herbicide on thistle. When it is dead, I use a pruning
    saw or hoe to cut it down and then a rake or potato hook to handle it.
    I never touch it.

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    David E. Ross
    <http://www.rossde.com/>

    Who would you trust to provide accurate information about
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    patients for years? Or a TV actor who tweets "cofefe"?

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  • From Jeff Layman@21:1/5 to Laura Fenik on Fri Jun 19 21:44:19 2020
    On 19/06/20 19:53, Laura Fenik wrote:
    Any recommendations for a good, quality pair of gloves for pulling
    thistle, pruning thorny plants and such? Prefer elbow-length and full protection against the sharp buggers. I'm in northeastern U.S.

    Try welding gloves or gauntlets. They are often more effective against
    thorns and spines than gardening gloves.

    --

    Jeff

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  • From David Hill@21:1/5 to Alfred Falk on Sat Jun 20 17:54:07 2020
    On 20/06/2020 17:40, Alfred Falk wrote:
    Laura Fenik <Laura@LogicalInsight.net> wrote in news:rcj1iv$sgl$1@dont- email.me:

    Any recommendations for a good, quality pair of gloves for pulling
    thistle, pruning thorny plants and such? Prefer elbow-length and full
    protection against the sharp buggers. I'm in northeastern U.S.

    A cheap solution:
    Every try to push a sewing needle through adhesive tape?
    I use ordinary leather work gloves and wrap them with a layer or two of duct tape. This works well for handling rose and raspberry canes.

    I would rather work without glover, makes you very much more carefull

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  • From Alfred Falk@21:1/5 to Laura Fenik on Sat Jun 20 16:40:07 2020
    Laura Fenik <Laura@LogicalInsight.net> wrote in news:rcj1iv$sgl$1@dont- email.me:

    Any recommendations for a good, quality pair of gloves for pulling
    thistle, pruning thorny plants and such? Prefer elbow-length and full protection against the sharp buggers. I'm in northeastern U.S.

    A cheap solution:
    Every try to push a sewing needle through adhesive tape?
    I use ordinary leather work gloves and wrap them with a layer or two of duct tape. This works well for handling rose and raspberry canes.

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  • From Laura Fenik@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 23 18:54:19 2020
    Thank you for the links. I will check them out :>.


    On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:16:37 -0400, hubops wrote:

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  • From Laura Fenik@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 23 18:57:57 2020
    On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:44:19 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:

    Thank you Jeff. I'll look into this.

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  • From Laura Fenik@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 23 18:58:56 2020
    On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:40:07 +0000, Alfred Falk wrote:

    Alfred, I've never heard of this. Good idea. Thank you.

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