Description

Tullen Utility Snips – Banana Tree Trimming & Harvesting Tool

One handy pair of snips for all those little banana-growing jobs! 🍌✂️

Growing bananas involves more than just watering your plants and waiting for the fruit to appear.

There’s trimming to do, old leaves to tidy, banana bunch covers to fit, ties to cut and, eventually, bananas to harvest.

That’s where a good pair of Tullen Utility Snips comes in handy!

These versatile, spring-loaded cutting snips are ideal for the everyday jobs that come with growing bananas, whether you’ve got a single plant in the backyard or a whole collection.

Originally developed in New Zealand, Tullen Snips have been trusted for decades in gardens, kitchens, workshops and sheds.

Their clever design makes them a practical addition to any banana grower’s toolkit.

Why are Tullen Snips useful for banana growers?

Banana plants grow quickly, and there’s always something that needs a little attention.

Rather than reaching for a large pair of secateurs every time, Tullen Snips are perfect for those smaller, more precise cutting jobs.

They’re particularly useful for:

• Trimming banana leaves: Remove small damaged sections or tidy up loose, dried leaf material.
• Installing banana bunch covers: Cut string, twine and zip ties to the required length.
• Removing bunch covers: Carefully snip fastening ties when it’s time to uncover your bananas.
• Bunch maintenance: Trim away dried flower remnants or other small, unwanted plant material.
• Harvesting preparation: Cut ties, packaging and other lightweight materials while preparing your harvest.
• General garden maintenance: Cut plant ties, garden tape, string and a variety of everyday materials.

And when you’re finished in the banana patch, they’re equally useful for jobs around the house!

Spring-loaded for comfortable cutting

One of the best features of Tullen Snips is their spring-loaded cutting action.

Unlike ordinary scissors, the spring helps reopen the blades after each cut, making repeated cutting jobs easier and more comfortable.

This is particularly handy when you’re working through a collection of banana plants, trimming ties or tidying several bunch covers.

The practical design is suitable for both left-handed and right-handed users.

Less fiddling with scissors. More time growing bananas!

Self-sharpening blades

Tullen Snips feature a clever self-sharpening blade design, helping maintain their cutting performance during normal use.

They’re designed to handle a wide variety of materials, including things that ordinary household scissors can struggle with.

For banana growers, that means one convenient tool for cutting plastic ties, string, lightweight plastic sheeting and other everyday garden materials.

Handy during banana harvesting

Harvesting bananas can involve several smaller jobs before and after removing the fruit from the plant.

Tullen Snips are useful for cutting fastening ties, trimming packaging and carrying out light finishing work.

They can also be handy when preparing individual bananas or smaller fruit sections for household use.

Important: Tullen Snips are not intended for cutting through thick banana bunch stalks or mature banana pseudostems. Use suitable heavy-duty secateurs, a pruning saw or another appropriate cutting tool for those larger jobs.

More than just a banana-growing tool

Although we’re big fans of using these snips around banana plants, their usefulness certainly doesn’t end in the garden.

Tullen Utility Snips are also suitable for many everyday jobs, including:

• Cutting cardboard and packaging
• Trimming herbs and flower stems
• Cutting string, twine and rope
• Cutting fabric, rubber and vinyl
• Light workshop and craft tasks
• General kitchen and household cutting

They’re the sort of tool you buy for one job and end up using for dozens of others.

Choose your Tullen Snips with or without a holder

You can purchase your Tullen Utility Snips on their own or select the Snips + Holder Combo.

The optional holder provides a convenient place to keep your snips between jobs.

Mount it in your garden shed, garage, workshop or another handy location so your snips are easy to find when you need them.

Because there’s nothing more frustrating than finally getting around to fitting your banana bunch cover and discovering your snips have disappeared!

Optional holder – just $3 extra

The holder can be mounted using screws or the supplied adhesive tape.

Product features

Feature	Details
Brand	Tullen
Product	Utility Snips
Colour	Blue
Blade design	Self-sharpening
Operation	Spring-loaded
Hand suitability	Left or right-handed
Applications	Gardening, cutting ties, light trimming, household and workshop use
Origin of design	New Zealand
Optional accessory	Storage holder
Holder surcharge	$3 extra

Keep your snips clean

When working with banana plants, it’s good practice to clean your cutting tools regularly.

Bananas can be affected by several diseases, and contaminated tools may contribute to the movement of some pathogens between plants.

Remove plant residue after use and disinfect the blades when moving between plants, particularly if disease is suspected.

A little tool hygiene can go a long way towards protecting your banana patch.

A little tool you’ll use all the time!

Whether you’re establishing young banana suckers, maintaining your plants, installing bunch covers or preparing for harvest, Tullen Utility Snips are a practical tool to keep close at hand.

They’re compact, versatile and designed to make everyday cutting jobs easier.

And when the banana-growing jobs are finished, you’ll find plenty of other uses for them around the house.

Add a pair to your banana-growing toolkit today! 🍌✂️