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Privet causing a "dead line"? (resending because first attempt not showing here)
In article , "Steve Turner" writes: | Ed wrote: | | : Yes, privet is notoriously well known for starving the soil of | : moisture and nutrients. It's no wonder plants near it are struggling. | | How near is "near"? I have a privet hedge on the other side of my fence. | It's quite thick and about 9 feet tall, though only the top 4 or 5 feet is | green, very thick and woody below that. The hedge is north of the fence and | I have some young trees on the south side of the fence - about 3 feet away | from the hedge. For small plants trying to establish during a hot, dry spell, it can easily be 6' from a hedge like that. Moderately established trees and most larger shrubs can fight privet and win. Privet is very shallow rooted - and its roots don't run all that far, either - but, where they do, they dessicate the soil. I can't help you much, except to say that your problems with it will be over once those trees get established. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Privet causing a "dead line"? (resending because first attempt not showing here)
Nick Maclaren wrote:
: In article , : "Steve Turner" writes: ::: Ed wrote: ::: :::: Yes, privet is notoriously well known for starving the soil of :::: moisture and nutrients. It's no wonder plants near it are :::: struggling. ::: ::: How near is "near"? I have a privet hedge on the other side of my ::: fence. It's quite thick and about 9 feet tall, though only the top ::: 4 or 5 feet is green, very thick and woody below that. The hedge is ::: north of the fence and I have some young trees on the south side of ::: the fence - about 3 feet away from the hedge. : : For small plants trying to establish during a hot, dry spell, it can : easily be 6' from a hedge like that. Moderately established trees and : most larger shrubs can fight privet and win. Privet is very shallow : rooted - and its roots don't run all that far, either - but, where : they do, they dessicate the soil. : : I can't help you much, except to say that your problems with it will : be over once those trees get established. Thanks Nick. I measured it more accurately when I went out watering the plants and it's about 4 or 5 feet to the trees and 6 to a couple of peonies (paeonies?) and a hebe. I had a feeling the roots didn't run far because I don't rememeber every finding one when digging. -- Steve |
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Privet causing a "dead line"? (resending because first attempt not showing here)
In article , "Steve Turner" writes: | | I measured it more accurately when I went out watering the plants and it's | about 4 or 5 feet to the trees and 6 to a couple of peonies (paeonies?) and | a hebe. I had a feeling the roots didn't run far because I don't rememeber | every finding one when digging. You can dig between them - if you shove a spade down 12-18", then you will have cut most of the privet's roots. I do that at the edge of my vegetable garden (4' from an 8' high privet hedge). It helps. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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