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Hi everyone,
I’ve removed an old, very sparse hedge and had several old tree stumps ground out. There is a dilapidated 5 foot fence on the pavement side of the fence and the other side is my veg plot.
I don’t have any problems in preparing the ground for the new hedge, what I do need is advice on is the aftercare. The chap who ground out the stumps suggested that I leave the fence up, to give protection, until the new hedge was a couple of years old but I have my doubts about that.
In our area we have had a couple of very dry summers so I am concerned about keeping the new hedge watered. The hedge is to be a staggered double row of 90cm high bare rooted common beech. My idea was that I would remove the fence and put a row of 5foot high round fence posts down the centre of the hedge line with galvanised wire between them. This, I thought would both provide support for the trees and keep people out of the garden. To keep the plants watered I thought to use seep hose down the middle and cover this over with porous ground cover material.
None of the advice I’ve seen on line has mentioned using seep hose or suggested planting through fabric. They just say to keep the plants well watered and mulch around them to keep the weeds down. I had the mixed hedge at the front of my garden ‘laid’ last spring and everything, including the hedge and every weed seed ever invented grew at a huge rate of knots. The hedge bit was great but the weeds were a nightmare. Surprising what a little bit of light can do!
Any advice would be appreciated
John
I’ve removed an old, very sparse hedge and had several old tree stumps ground out. There is a dilapidated 5 foot fence on the pavement side of the fence and the other side is my veg plot.
I don’t have any problems in preparing the ground for the new hedge, what I do need is advice on is the aftercare. The chap who ground out the stumps suggested that I leave the fence up, to give protection, until the new hedge was a couple of years old but I have my doubts about that.
In our area we have had a couple of very dry summers so I am concerned about keeping the new hedge watered. The hedge is to be a staggered double row of 90cm high bare rooted common beech. My idea was that I would remove the fence and put a row of 5foot high round fence posts down the centre of the hedge line with galvanised wire between them. This, I thought would both provide support for the trees and keep people out of the garden. To keep the plants watered I thought to use seep hose down the middle and cover this over with porous ground cover material.
None of the advice I’ve seen on line has mentioned using seep hose or suggested planting through fabric. They just say to keep the plants well watered and mulch around them to keep the weeds down. I had the mixed hedge at the front of my garden ‘laid’ last spring and everything, including the hedge and every weed seed ever invented grew at a huge rate of knots. The hedge bit was great but the weeds were a nightmare. Surprising what a little bit of light can do!
Any advice would be appreciated
John
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