Undecided

[Ukjay]

Hello

We are just about to order our Hawthorn / Blackthorn bare root plants, but we are unsure if we should spray the line of hedge with weedkiller, or run a line of weed supressing matting along the length of hedge footing (We will have the spirals, sticks etc)?

What do you do when laying a hedge?

 

[neilo]

Hello

We are just about to order our Hawthorn / Blackthorn bare root plants, but we are unsure if we should spray the line of hedge with weedkiller, or run a line of weed supressing matting along the length of hedge footing (We will have the spirals, sticks etc)?

What do you do when laying a hedge?

Matting would perhaps be ideal, but crazy money when I looked. With the hedges I've planted or gapped up this winter, I've run along with glyphosate beforehand. I may go along again (with a hood over the lance). If there is significant regrowth come the summer.

Btw, 'laying' a hedge is generally the term used for laying the stems of an established hedge over, rather than planting a new one.

 

[willy]

Why not use straw as the matt

 

[S J H]

I couldn't find any biodegradable matting for reasonable money, I was thinking of hessian, but I still haven't got round to it.

 

[Grouse]

We have just gone through this here and sprayed the hedgeline with a double dose of glypho. Matting was ridiculous money and is a hastle as it blows up in the wind no matter how hard you try and it also looks tatty.

 

[Banana Bar]

Glyphosate before and then a deep layer of cattle muck topped up as necessary. Will keep the weeds down and provide a bit of nutrient to the hedge when required

 

[Chae1]

Sorry to hijack thread but does anyone have any idea in cost per m of planting a hedge? Planning putting some in under a agri environment climate scheme.

 

[Forever Fendt]

Whats the latest you could plant a hedge as i have a couple hundred meters to do along a old railway track its ash and stone , was thinking of digging a trench 2ft wide x 18" deep and filling with soil will this do the job for hawthorne

 

[Daddy Pig]

cost us £170 inc vat for 500 plants to do 100 meters, sprayed before hand and a layer of woodchip after, I didn't put spirals on the Hawthorne plants as they were to bushy so only on the smaller plants. It's all coming out in leaf as we speak

 

[Chae1]

Whats the latest you could plant a hedge as i have a couple hundred meters to do along a old railway track its ash and stone , was thinking of digging a trench 2ft wide x 18" deep and filling with soil will this do the job for hawthorne

Pretty sure I remember only plant hedges when a letter R in month.

 

[Marsh lad]

Sorry to hijack thread but does anyone have any idea in cost per m of planting a hedge? Planning putting some in under a agri environment climate scheme.

£2.95 per plant 5 plants a metre

 

[Sussex Martin]

Whats the latest you could plant a hedge as i have a couple hundred meters to do along a old railway track its ash and stone , was thinking of digging a trench 2ft wide x 18" deep and filling with soil will this do the job for hawthorne

I planted a hedge end of March last year, thought I was pushing my luck a bit but as the summer wasn't particularly hot and dry it flourished. Had a look at it last week and every single plant has taken and now in bud.
A new access read recently built opposite the farm has had a lot of landscaping and hedge/tree planting, they don't seem to worry about when they plant and it all seems to have taken quite well.

 

[neilo]

£2.95 per plant 5 plants a metre

Bare rooted Hawthorn & Blackthorn, which would be the biggest part of most farm hedges, are about 16p each. If you want/need to use them, spirals are about 17p and canes around 7p.
Enviro schemes usually have planting numbers stipulated. For example, Glastir state 7 per metre in a staggered row, and it's supposed to be one of their favourite checks on inspection. For the sake of another 16p/m, I planted 8, so that one can die and they still can't deduct for it. I agree though, 5 per metre would be enough if properly managed afterward, including stock excluded.

 

[Kevtherev]

Be aware of rabbits

 

[Forever Fendt]

Pretty sure I remember only plant hedges when a letter R in month.

I planted a hedge end of March last year, thought I was pushing my luck a bit but as the summer wasn't particularly hot and dry it flourished. Had a look at it last week and every single plant has taken and now in bud.
A new access read recently built opposite the farm has had a lot of landscaping and hedge/tree planting, they don't seem to worry about when they plant and it all seems to have taken quite well.

what plants did you use ,bushy or whips ?

 

[Forever Fendt]

Be aware of rabbits

will the spiral guards stop em or do they tend to dig them up

 

[Redfish]

http://dinglenurseryandgarden.co.uk/shop/cat1/prunus-spinosa.html

Try these people always good stuff, might be getting late for bare root.

 

[Sussex Martin]

what plants did you use ,bushy or whips ?

They were whips, cut a slit with a spade, poke roots in, a good heal, poke in the cane, put spiral on, job done. I'll take some pics and post later.

 

[Kevtherev]

I use a narrow spade or an old buckrake Tine
I have also seen granular herbicide used on hedge lines

 

[Pan mixer]

I planted a hedge end of March last year, thought I was pushing my luck a bit but as the summer wasn't particularly hot and dry it flourished. Had a look at it last week and every single plant has taken and now in bud.
A new access read recently built opposite the farm has had a lot of landscaping and hedge/tree planting, they don't seem to worry about when they plant and it all seems to have taken quite well.

We had a spectacularly wet beginning of summer last year over this side of the country, I reckon by the end of Feb is best for planting although November is better.

Despite the wet a large number of mine died last year in the subsequent 6 month drought, I had no time to water them (and forgot TBH)

The OP is another of those that doesn't put any geographical clues on his Avatar which is a bit annoying as this sort of thing is very different wherever you are in the UK or, indeed, world.