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from "Martin Bonner" contains these words:

Two comments:
Don't forget to cut back further than you want the final size to be.
(Otherwise you will have huge stumps at the surface of the hedge).

Secondly, can you lay a privet hedge the way you lay a hawthorn hedge?

I suspect that the growth form of privet would make it an unrewarding
enterprise, though I'm sure it is possible.

Even if you can't, I assume you are going to cut something like five
feet off the top, and two feet off either side. You might be able to
get some sense of privacy by weaving the branches from the top into
what remains.

Possibly - some of the shoots may be long and straight, but I think that
would be unnecessary if the work is carried out in the very early
spring.

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