Newly Planted Beech Hedge
I planted 35 metres of 60/90cm bare-rooted green beech hedging in
mid-December, but have only now (early February) realised that I should have cut back all the shoots by 1/3rd immediately after planting. This cutting back advice came from various gardening books, which I really should have read before planting the hedge! Should I do this cutting now, or leave it until later in the year? Advice will be much appreciated - preparing the ground and planting was a major task, and I really wouldn't like to do anything which might reduce the viability of the hedge! |
Newly Planted Beech Hedge
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Donohoe writes I planted 35 metres of 60/90cm bare-rooted green beech hedging in mid-December, but have only now (early February) realised that I should have cut back all the shoots by 1/3rd immediately after planting. This cutting back advice came from various gardening books, which I really should have read before planting the hedge! Should I do this cutting now, or leave it until later in the year? Advice will be much appreciated - preparing the ground and planting was a major task, and I really wouldn't like to do anything which might reduce the viability of the hedge! You should be fine to cut it back now - it'll not have started growing yet, you could even still plant them now anyway. Anyway, cutting or not cutting back won't affect the viability, it just to encourage the plants to bush out a bit more. -- Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds urg Suppliers and References FAQ: http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html |
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