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[skc101fc]

10 hours ago, AHPP said:

But can you transplant it one Saturday and lay it the next?

I actually did this once on a road widening situation where the land owner was adamant he wasn't going to lose his hedge to be replaced by an ugly chain link fence. The trees were dug out trying to keep some soil with each stem, though most didn't. Swung over to new placement and then laid, removing as much side growth as practical to balance  the water requirement from the dramatically reduced root system. 

All this was done in very late spring, with full leaf, so the owner was told to water well, which to his credit he did daily for the whole summer.

The whole hedge survived,  not a single loss. Total length 80m. 20 years later you'd never know what had occurred. 

 

[skc101fc]

Some of the stems came out with practically no root at all. These were just trimmed to a single stick with no branch at all, then laid over ! 

There was a pleacher every 1-2' to try to give some hold to the hedge in the absence of sound established roots.

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[AHPP]

Next heretic question. Instead of pleach cutting, why not plant them diagonally?

[sime42]

48 minutes ago, skc101fc said:

Some of the stems came out with practically no root at all. These were just trimmed to a single stick with no branch at all, then laid over ! 

There was a pleacher every 1-2' to try to give some hold to the hedge in the absence of sound established roots.

 

Amazing. Like giant Hawthorn cuttings. 

[sime42]

17 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Next heretic question. Instead of pleach cutting, why not plant them diagonally?

 

I don't see why not. You can do it with fruit tree maiden whips to form Cordons.

[green heart]

58 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Next heretic question. Instead of pleach cutting, why not plant them diagonally?

 

That's actually a very good question! ⭐️

It would work best with the more expensive 90/120cm high Hawthorn whips, or tall Pyracantha (in an urban setting)..

Blackthorn is good too, but unless you include a root barrier along-side the planted hedge-line, then you'll tend to find a huge thicket soon forms from the root suckers, that spread everywhere..

I don't think I've ever seen or heard of anyone doing this..

We'll have to call that the ADD+ planting technique then, Alex? 

 

[AHPP]

PurserSystem™

[AHPP]

What’s wrong with pyracantha in a setting other than urban? 

[tree-fancier123]

I've dulled hedge trimmer blades on both, but for a woodland screen would choose hawthorn - my impression is they put on more growth in a season

 

Scarlet Firethorn. Form: Rounded shrub. Lifespan: 25-50 years.

Pyracantha can suffer from the diseases pyracantha scab and fireblight. It can also be attacked by pyracantha leaf-mining moth and woolly aphid pests. 

[skc101fc]

2 hours ago, sime42 said:

 

Amazing. Like giant Hawthorn cuttings. 

Yep , spot on. Was one of those nothing ventured nothing gained situ's. The landscaper I was subbing to already had digger on site for constructing boundary wall on roadside, and he'd seen some of my other hedgecraft, to consider 'heck, this might work' so minimal loss if it didn't