Growth inhibitors for trees/hedges

[DTaylor]

Hey,

 

Anyone had any experience using growth inhibitors on trees or hedges.  A customer is asking what effects it would have on their topped conifers in order to slow down how often then need them cut to preserve the view. 

 

 

Conifers are there to stay before u say anything.....

[Suffolk Dave]

Hi, 20 odd years ago my father in law used a product called cutless on conifers, it works amazing well, as sprayed some , but left a  section of hedge and difference was remarkable,  but to help you now ,  i don't know as you can't get it any more, i don't think.

[shillo]

Ive still got some 'cutless' in my spray shed... must have been in there for at least 20yrs! never used it, I think it was my dads.

 

[coppice cutter]

There's a chemical available which acts as a growth regulator on both grass and cereal crops.

 

Hasn't many down sides in cereals as they're an annual and harvested in less than a year, but it has to be used very carefully on grass apparently.

[Dan Maynard]

2 hours ago, Suffolk Dave said:

Hi, 20 odd years ago my father in law used a product called cutless on conifers, it works amazing well, as sprayed some , but left a  section of hedge and difference was remarkable,  but to help you now ,  i don't know as you can't get it any more, i don't think.

I reckon the technology was bought up and quietly binned by a big secret tree surgeons cartel, really bad for business if conifers all stopped growing.

[Steve Bullman]

9 hours ago, shillo said:

Ive still got some 'cutless' in my spray shed... must have been in there for at least 20yrs! never used it, I think it was my dads.

 

Does it list the ingredients?

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

6 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Does it list the ingredients?

It just says - lawsuit waiting to happen and carries the general warning - use this and you will die a slow and painful death for putting this sh1t on Mother Earth.