"Dave Hill" wrote in message
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On Aug 23, 6:40 pm, Dave Hill wrote:
On Aug 23, 6:24 pm, Sacha wrote:





On 2011-08-22 17:42:46 +0100, Laura Corin
said:

It was a hedge (species unknown) which was neglected and grew about
twenty feet tall. The bottom half was just trunk and the top had
barely
any leaves. Anyway, we are cutting it down to replant. We originally
planned on hiring a digger to pull the stumps out, but a friend has
advised just cutting the stumps down to the ground, making deep cuts
in
them to collect rain water, and letting them rot where they are. We
have space to replant between/around them.

What do you think?

Thanks

Laura

As they rot, they will take goodness from the soil (which will be
replaced later in the rotting process, but quite a bit later) so
anything you plant between them may suffer accordingly from lack of
nourishment. Whatever you decide to do to get rid of them, that is
something to bear in mind. On the other hand, another solution is to
take all the branches off and paint the 'wounds' to prevent them
re-sprouting, string rope between them and use them as supports for
climbers, such as rambling roses and Clematis. This will still offer
you some kind of screening and will be pretty, too. In the end, it may
save you money! It would help if you knew what the hedge plants are?
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Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

You say you want to cut down and get rid of a hedge the type of which
you don't know to replace it with a hedge.
How large are the stems/trunks of the present hedge?
It might be possible to cut the existing hedge hard back or even to
layer the stems after shortening and let them regrow as a new hedge.
If the existing hedge was a form of conifer then this probably won't
happen.
If you need a boundary for security then you could use the existing
stems as poats to carry a wire fence, and as Sacha saysa you could
plant climbing roses and grow them along to form a temp. hedge.
A couple of pictures of what you have now would help, showing the
leaves and the body of the hedge.
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Just wondering if you could have had a Laurel hedge
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ry20Laurel.jpg
' if so it will grow back well from stumps.
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I had a Laurel Hedge down one side of the drive of my house in Leicester.
'Massive' thing. Got rid of it, complete with all roots.

:-((

Then had put a fence up. :-((

Worse mistake I ever made in gardening

Mike


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