removing hedge without killin tree

[rafal]

Hi,

I need to permanently remove part of a privet hedge growing next to a very mature acacia robina tree. Could you please advise I can kill the hedge without damaging the tree?

tia

rafal

[Beardie]

Just cut the privet back to the ground. It's possible that you may be able to pull some of it out of the ground. Then just keep cutting off any growth it puts up and it will eventually give up. Or use a flame weeder if you have one.

 

One consequence of digging it up is not so much harm to the robinia, but that the disturbance will trigger the growth of dozens of suckers all round the trunk.

[The avantgardener]

Cut the privet back to ground level and paint neat glyphosate on the fresh stumps.

[Paul Cleaver]

as above but do it when the weather is dry

[rafal]

On ‎20‎/‎05‎/‎2019 at 22:11, Beardie said:

Just cut the privet back to the ground. It's possible that you may be able to pull some of it out of the ground. Then just keep cutting off any growth it puts up and it will eventually give up. Or use a flame weeder if you have one.

 

One consequence of digging it up is not so much harm to the robinia, but that the disturbance will trigger the growth of dozens of suckers all round the trunk.

 

23 hours ago, The avantgardener said:

Cut the privet back to ground level and paint neat glyphosate on the fresh stumps.

 

12 hours ago, Paul Cleaver said:

as above but do it when the weather is dry

 

Thank you very much for the advice! In case of the growth of suckers would weed control fabric stop them coming up? I am reconstructing the drive.

[Paul Cleaver]

8 minutes ago, rafal said:

 

 

 

Thank you very much for the advice! In case of the growth of suckers would weed control fabric stop them coming up? I am reconstructing the drive.

with privet I would say so -anything that would block light.  

[Beardie]

21 minutes ago, rafal said:

 

 

 

Thank you very much for the advice! In case of the growth of suckers would weed control fabric stop them coming up? I am reconstructing the drive.

Robinia suckers? I doubt it. They will push it up like a tent and eventually find a way through. Remember they have the parent tree supplying resources, so if they do appear, you will have to include them in the weeding routine for ever.

[Paul Cleaver]

yes , I should have said, Robinia   are the opposite end of the spectrum as far as suckers go.  you will have to keep damage to the Robinia  roots to an absolute minimum to reduce the suckering impact , they can even push through a hard drive. You obviously cant treat the suckers with glyphosate as they are attached to the tree.

Edited May 22, 2019 by Paul Cleaver
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