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Ideas needed.
Urglers,
Picture, if you will, my front garden. A 3 ft high wall running east-west with a pavement on its south side and on my side, the dreaded laylandi firs. On each side of the small gate in the centre of the wall are four laylandi 10 or so feet apart having trunks about a foot from the wall and 9 inches diametre at ground level. Other laylandi were later planted midway between the original trees and are 3 to 4 inches across at ground level.. When we came to this house a couple of years ago my son and a friend cut the ba - - - -rds down by about 50% to 8 feet. By a week ago they had sent up masses of new growth and the fronds were reaching for the sky! I decided cut them front and back and trim them to the 8 foot level on the pavement side and later, as an experiment, to a 6 - 7 foot level on the inside and east of the gate so far. THREE small trailer loads - one of the small Erde things - of stuff to cart to the council dump! I'm getting too old for that sort of thing so I've decided the trees will have to go or at least stop growing!. You've probably already guessed what the problem will be - stumps and roots under the wall and pavement. Regarding the soil, the top soil is reasonable in places but about 10 inches down is a 2-3 inch layer of compacted and powdery tile/brick debris over clay. In places not far from the wall there is a similar layer of what looks like soot but it's really hard now. The house was built in the 1930's and some time before that there was a brickyard here. I've had a few ideas about what to do but now it's your turn. What can we do to give a decent appearance and let in light to the awful lawn which needs drastic action too? Over to you and let this be a warning to anybody thinking of planting laylandi! Regards Ron |
Ideas needed.
"Ron" wrote in message
... Urglers, Picture, if you will, my front garden. A 3 ft high wall running east-west with a pavement on its south side and on my side, the dreaded laylandi firs. On each side of the small gate in the centre of the wall are four laylandi 10 or so feet apart having trunks about a foot from the wall and 9 inches diametre at ground level. Other laylandi were later planted midway between the original trees and are 3 to 4 inches across at ground level.. When we came to this house a couple of years ago my son and a friend cut the ba - - - -rds down by about 50% to 8 feet. By a week ago they had sent up masses of new growth and the fronds were reaching for the sky! I decided cut them front and back and trim them to the 8 foot level on the pavement side and later, as an experiment, to a 6 - 7 foot level on the inside and east of the gate so far. THREE small trailer loads - one of the small Erde things - of stuff to cart to the council dump! I'm getting too old for that sort of thing so I've decided the trees will have to go or at least stop growing!. You've probably already guessed what the problem will be - stumps and roots under the wall and pavement. Regarding the soil, the top soil is reasonable in places but about 10 inches down is a 2-3 inch layer of compacted and powdery tile/brick debris over clay. In places not far from the wall there is a similar layer of what looks like soot but it's really hard now. The house was built in the 1930's and some time before that there was a brickyard here. I've had a few ideas about what to do but now it's your turn. What can we do to give a decent appearance and let in light to the awful lawn which needs drastic action too? Over to you and let this be a warning to anybody thinking of planting laylandi! Regards Ron Ron, Is the wall in good order or have the trees damaged it yet? At this proximity to the wall they may have started to knock courses out of line. In which case you may consider reworking the wall and use the opportunity to remove a lot of tree. It is also possible to dig about the base of each tree and sever the roots as they rarely put down vertical roots. All the best Neil |
Ideas needed.
"Ron" wrote in message
... Urglers, Picture, if you will, my front garden. A 3 ft high wall running east-west with a pavement on its south side and on my side, the dreaded laylandi firs. On each side of the small gate in the centre of the wall are four laylandi 10 or so feet apart having trunks about a foot from the wall and 9 inches diametre at ground level. Other laylandi were later planted midway between the original trees and are 3 to 4 inches across at ground level.. When we came to this house a couple of years ago my son and a friend cut the ba - - - -rds down by about 50% to 8 feet. By a week ago they had sent up masses of new growth and the fronds were reaching for the sky! I decided cut them front and back and trim them to the 8 foot level on the pavement side and later, as an experiment, to a 6 - 7 foot level on the inside and east of the gate so far. THREE small trailer loads - one of the small Erde things - of stuff to cart to the council dump! I'm getting too old for that sort of thing so I've decided the trees will have to go or at least stop growing!. You've probably already guessed what the problem will be - stumps and roots under the wall and pavement. Regarding the soil, the top soil is reasonable in places but about 10 inches down is a 2-3 inch layer of compacted and powdery tile/brick debris over clay. In places not far from the wall there is a similar layer of what looks like soot but it's really hard now. The house was built in the 1930's and some time before that there was a brickyard here. I've had a few ideas about what to do but now it's your turn. What can we do to give a decent appearance and let in light to the awful lawn which needs drastic action too? Over to you and let this be a warning to anybody thinking of planting laylandi! Regards Ron Ron, Is the wall in good order or have the trees damaged it yet? At this proximity to the wall they may have started to knock courses out of line. In which case you may consider reworking the wall and use the opportunity to remove a lot of tree. It is also possible to dig about the base of each tree and sever the roots as they rarely put down vertical roots. All the best Neil |
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