Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Home and Garden: [header] How to prune an avocado tree [title] Use hand pruners for branches less than 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. [step] These tools are smaller and can typically handle smaller growths. Hand pruners are perfect for removing smaller branches in the tree's canopy to let the sun shine through.

Ending1: For the best advantage from pruning avocado trees, you should use hand pruners when pruning your tree, rather than pruning your avocado tree. The leaf guides on these tools make practicing pruning easier and therefore more productive. Ending2: [substeps] The prong tools are similar to the edge shears used for pruning large leaves; they place a pressure on the pruning tips. [title] Use stalk cutters for branches less than 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. Ending3: [substeps] You could also use specialty hand pruners made specifically for avocado trees, which have rounded tips to keep from damaging any of the fruit. [title] Choose loppers to cut any branches thicker than 1 inch (2.5 cm). Ending4: [substeps] One major disadvantage of hand pruners is that they tend to crowd out branches that are narrower or crooked in appearance. [title] Use pruners for tips on stems.

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