Hedgelaying pics

[nepia]

Makes sense; a stump of hawthorn will regrow nicely.  But @Dorset Hedgelayer sliced the stump down the centre; why?

 

I'm just being thick, not argumentative (on this occasion).

 

Thanks

[Stere]

I only done some amateur   laying.....

 

But how else would you"pleach" something that big? Think normally the bit left  is cut off lvl after

 

 

Removing the heel or  spur as thet call it in this pic.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 5, 2020 by Stere

[Guest Gimlet]

21 hours ago, nepia said:

Makes sense; a stump of hawthorn will regrow nicely.  But @Dorset Hedgelayer sliced the stump down the centre; why?

 

I'm just being thick, not argumentative (on this occasion).

 

Thanks

He'd have to. You wouldn't be able to form a tongue long enough to bend without going most of the way through the stump. It would never go down. You'd have to select the stems you wanted to lay and start your cut immediately behind them, just as you would a single stem. That means everything on the heal side has to be cut away.   

[nepia]

So the slice of stump is laid to regrow; cheers.  I think I'm there now.

 

 

[Guest Gimlet]

I would say so looking at the pictures. I can't speak for Dorset Hedgelayer of course. He will no doubt be able to explain it better himself. 

[gary112]

another one finished today,bit of a gnarly old hedge in places and a few gaps but didn’t,turn out too bad in the end 

[Steve Bullman]

Nice work 

[gary112]

got a bigger one on the go at the minute,some of the pleachers are well over 20ft long 

[AJStrees]

1 hour ago, gary112 said:

got a bigger one on the go at the minute,some of the pleachers are well over 20ft long 

More of that skilled work Gary. Great to see quality work like that. 

[gary112]

Just now, AJStrees said:

More of that skilled work Gary. Great to see quality work like that. 

Thanks i,ll put another pic up when its finished