Quoting%20commentary for Sheviit 4:6

הַמְזַנֵּב בִּגְפָנִים וְהַקּוֹצֵץ קָנִים, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר, יַרְחִיק טֶפַח. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, קוֹצֵץ כְּדַרְכּוֹ, בַּקַּרְדֹּם אוֹ בַמַּגָּל, וּבַמְּגֵרָה, וּבְכָל מַה שֶׁיִּרְצֶה. אִילָן שֶׁנִּפְשַׁח, קוֹשְׁרִין אוֹתוֹ בַּשְּׁבִיעִית, לֹא שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה, אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יוֹסִיף:

One who is pruning grapes or cutting reeds - Rabbi Yosi the Galilean says, he should distance [his cutting] a handbreadth [from the ground]. Rabbi Akiva says, one may cut in a normal way, using a hatchet, sickle, saw, or whatever one wishes. If a tree split, one may bind it during the Sabbatical year; not in order to help it grow more, but rather that the split shouldn't widen.

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