Hedgerow Costs

dudders

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Location
East Sussex
Oh dear, let us explain.

Is that sarcasm or are you just being patronising, or both? Unnecessary, I'd have thought.

That's how I used to do it, but I don't now, as I said above. It takes me longer these days, but I reckon the plants get a better start and have a lower failure rate. Also, holly, beech and wayfarer are not going to drop neatly into the slot, because the roots are bulky. Holly comes in pots, anyway. It doesn't bother me how anyone else plants their hedge - I just do it that way. Over to the OP, who asked for costings and now has them.
 

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
That is far too wide apart rows need to be no more than 9 “ apart and spacing one plant every 6 inches alternately.
if you can I would use netting rather than plastic guards, however that makes spraying under difficult.

Perfectly valid comments. (y)

My method means more quantity with a bit less quality for the same price. Netting it the best as it means the plants branch out better & you don't need to go back & lay it 7 years later because there's no bottom to it - that would probably make it as cheap as planting with guards on that basis but my employer hates seeing his beloved grey partridge being slaughtered against wire fences by sparrowhawks. It depends on your priorities. Spraying under is dodgy with cross compliance with the 2 metre rule but for a totally new hedge you have 5 years for that before it falls under all of the GAEC 7a rules. The biggest problem we have here is OId Man's Beard strangling hedges, not helped by cutting every other year which allows its tentacles to get further into them :(
 

som farmer

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Livestock Farmer
Location
somerset
we have 900 m to go in, when we get the go ahead, we have a very old mole plough , very thin, was thinking of ploughing 2 lines close together, and heeling plants into that, as grant includes fencing, old fence has to come down. no rabbits, we lost them 12 years ago, occaisionally see a few, but then gone, never thought I would ever miss them, so wasn't going to bother with guards.
 

som farmer

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Livestock Farmer
Location
somerset
Which grant and how much for the fencing out of curiosity?
mid tier. hedge, £13 meter, stock fence £4.60, wire fence £4.00. With ware troughs/hard bases, concrete yard work, drains and gutters £32,000, Certainly tidy the place up a bit, old man got paid to grub out hedges, i'm getting paid to put them back, will make a big difference to us, some hedges been removed, left us to open to wind.
 
You tube has the answer to every query on planting. Google it. Getting the roots in properly is essential had some lads do some planting and awful I think they used their heel to make the hole. If the roots arent down then its a serious waste of time and money. We do all ours by hand its amazing how quick you can do with 2 people
 
mid tier. hedge, £13 meter, stock fence £4.60, wire fence £4.00. With ware troughs/hard bases, concrete yard work, drains and gutters £32,000, Certainly tidy the place up a bit, old man got paid to grub out hedges, i'm getting paid to put them back, will make a big difference to us, some hedges been removed, left us to open to wind.

yup, thought so, struggling to get sensible quotes for the fencing here, cheaper to ditch the fence and fit spiral guards, by some ammo for deer and hare control and allow for spiral removal in time
 

Werzle

Member
Location
Midlands
Mixy is passed from one rabbit to another by fleas mate ,usually in autumn when numbers are at a peak and stress lowers the immune system .Recent years have seen mixy spread at any time though .
We used to see it rear its head once rabbit numbers had got out of hand but now it comes and goes regardless of numbers and weather conditions. Ba##ards here chewed a few quicks i had planted in there bunches waiting on a weather window to re plant.
 

Goggles

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Location
Hertfordshire
we have 900 m to go in, when we get the go ahead, we have a very old mole plough , very thin, was thinking of ploughing 2 lines close together, and heeling plants into that, as grant includes fencing, old fence has to come down. no rabbits, we lost them 12 years ago, occaisionally see a few, but then gone, never thought I would ever miss them, so wasn't going to bother with guards.
I don’t know your soil type or situation, but be careful that you don’t open the ground up too much so the roots don’t get enough soil contact, and then suffer if the ground dries in the spring. ( I know this seems unlikely just at the minute)
We’ve just planted a load into cultivated soil behind netting. Used an old sugar beet bed tiller machine, it did a cracking job and made planting relatively easygoing ( whips into spade slots)
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Goggles

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Location
Hertfordshire
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What should I do with these? Want to plant a hedge here, so cut to ground level?
Yes. If you can, try and leave one good straight stem per plant. This will open the bottom of the hedge up so you can put new plants in, but also develop a multi layered canopy. The plant should put on a bit of height with only one trunk to feed, but will also regrow from the coppice. If you can’t then yes wack it all down to ankle level.
(obviously not at this time of year though).
(Slant your cuts)
 

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