On 22 Sep, 23:21, Dave Hill wrote:
On 22 Sep, 18:52, Bigal wrote:





JamesP;865107 Wrote:

I have a mamoth undertaking, I have to plant native hedge and trees
around a four acre boundary as part of my planning approval. As it is
in the country side I was thinking of taking cuttings from the
neighbouring hedges and trees. As I do not know very much about
gardening, I would like advice on this.

1. When is a good time to take these cuttings.
2. What should I look for when taking native tree and hedge cuttings.
3. After I take these should I pot these, and if I do, do I keep these
in the open or covered.
4. Do I need rooting powder or will compost be OK to plant these.
5. Is there any specis that will take quicker than others.
6. Is there any advice you can give me.

Please if you could shed some light on this I would be very grateful.

Thanks
James

The length of hedging could require up to 3,000 plants, a mamoth
undertaking indeed if you are thinking of doing it all yourself. *Maybe
you should consider a specialist grower - plenty around the country, and
some specialising in native plants. * Googling will give you a range of
suppliers who can also offer a lot of advice.
Bigal

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You can buy young hawthorn by the thousand at a reasonable price, I
would buy them as 40 - 60 cm (Try these peoplehttp://www.greenhills-nursery.co.uk/site
), or look in publications such as Farmers weekly.
They will come bare rooted, just dig a small trench and heel them in
to keep the roots moist.
Take them out 1 or 2 hundred at a time, just push your spade in to
open a cut 6 to 9 inches deep, pull the spade back a bit to enlarge
the opening and push 1 plant in, you should be able to plant at least
10 a minute once you get into the swing of it, providing your ground
is reasonable
I would also put in a barbed wire fence to stop animals etc pushing
through.
If you plant in 2 staggered rows you will get a better hedge.
I would add a few bird cherry, mountain ash and possibly Silver birch
trees, then if any of the hawthorn dye off next year fill the spaces
with beech, hornbeam, hazel etc to give you a selection of native
plants,
When I move in here I had to fence and hedge round 3 acres, the hedge
planting took me about 2 weeks including planting around 50 trees of 6
to 8ft tall.
I lost around 20 hawthorn out of around 3000.
I have since (about 3 years later) put in Lonicera Natidia cuttings
amongst the hawthorn to make an evergreen hedge, they were just pushed
in about 6 inches or so, and rooted over the winter, I had a strike
rate of around 80%.
Good luck
It will be worth it.
David Hill
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"just push your spade in to open a cut 6 to 9 inches deep, pull the
spade back a bit to enlarge the opening and push 1 plant in",
I should have then said
and firm the soil back with your heel, just a quick stamp will do it.
David Hill