How to stop hedge theft

[The law of sod]

Planted a boundary laurel hedge 200 odd plants,right next to a main road .

in the past we have had plants stolen from a poly tunnel which is on the other side of the hedge.
it wouldn't take much for some one to lift the plants from the hedge into back of a pick up and be away within minutes.

any body suggest ways of slowing/deterring someone,

i can only think of tying all the plants together, With wire or something similar,(not easy to cut with a knife).
Did think a fence But the cost of the fence would out weigh replacing the hedge and it would have to come down once the hedge is established.

any ideas welcomed.

 

[ih1455xl]

Shotgun cartridge and trip wire would be pretty effective

 

[CollCrofter]

Plant brambles in it?? I have no idea, didn't even know people stole plants and hedges !

 

[le bon paysan]

Spray with strong coloured water eg red.
Sign.... Sprayed with insecticide may cause cancer.

 

[renewablejohn]

Come on nobody is going to nick a laurel hedge as it grows like a weed. Just take cuttings then if any walk you have free replacements. I know what its like to lose plants having a public footpath through my farm and catching people actually digging up plants.

 

[quattro]

Wife once planted some plants a metre of single track road in front of our garden and someone pinched them

 

[Agrivator]

Just plant Blackthorn. And luckily anyone who pinches them will get scratched and catch Ebola or the Black Death.

 

[nick...]

I’m sure they are nickable.ive know turfed gardens to be taken of new builds
Nick...

 

[Farmer_Joe]

Wtf people have reached a new low I can’t believe it

 

[The law of sod]

Last time ,
They stole laurels,box,beech in pots last time,
Flog on at car boots ,other nurseries.

Change of subject but my parents had there rotary washing line stolen ,with there clothes still hanging out to dry!
Nowadays, people will steal anything.

 

[Exfarmer]

Hedge theft used to be common in East Anglia, I have not heard of much lately. Just be aware that the nomadic community love laurel as it grows quick and hides a myriad of sins

 

[Barleycorn]

The landlord of our local pub had his hanging baskets knicked, threaded fish hooks around the chains of the new ones.

 

[TripleSix]

Spray it with sh!t every week.

 

[Netherfield]

 

[Bogweevil]

Actually planting something as ugly and out of place as laurel in the countryside ought to be discouraged. Invite people to help themselves and when the eyesores have gone put in a hedge of native species.

 

[betternextyear]

Plant dog rose. Rosa canina. Cheap as chips. Also after about 3 years, people and cattle resistant. You could only steal it if you were wearing good leather gloves.

 

[Henarar]

Wtf people have reached a new low I can’t believe it

A mate of mine used to work underground re lining sewers, they were working in liverpool and he left the old rope they used to pull the liners in place by the manhole and someone nicked it, it was covered in 1t

 

[The law of sod]

Actually planting something as ugly and out of place as laurel in the countryside ought to be discouraged. Invite people to help themselves and when the eyesores have gone put in a hedge of native species.

The hedge is in the garden not the fields,
Theyre all planted with thorn,beech ,hazel.
and we are on the edge of a big city so not what class as countryside,

I quite like Laurel evergreen ,birds like nesting in there,one mans ugly another mans beautiful ,and all that.
Thanks for the advice though

 

[Henarar]

The hedge is in the garden not the fields,
Theyre all planted with thorn,beech ,hazel.
and we are on the edge of a big city so not what class as countryside,

I quite like Laurel evergreen ,birds like nesting in there,one mans ugly another mans beautiful ,and all that.
Thanks for the advice though

And you can make blancmange with it

 

[Farmer_Joe]

The hedge is in the garden not the fields,
Theyre all planted with thorn,beech ,hazel.
and we are on the edge of a big city so not what class as countryside,

I quite like Laurel evergreen ,birds like nesting in there,one mans ugly another mans beautiful ,and all that.
Thanks for the advice though

Im a big fan of Laurals, got some 7-8ft ones down my garden which is in countryside, brilliant windbreak, and full of birds nests come nesting time and evergreen!