Soaking bare root yew overnight

[Dean Lofthouse]

Hedge doing really well nearly three months on showing good vigour.

 

Looks like I'll only lose one tree out of 150 planted

 

Edited June 2, 2012 by Dean Lofthouse

[Dean Lofthouse]

Been down to the yard today to find some mindless twok has pulled up some of my yews.

 

Absolutely pointless, leant through the fence, grabbed them and yanked them out. At first I thought they had been nicked, but then found them just thrown in the scrub at the other side of the road.

 

They had just got established as well

[breffni]

Been down to the yard today to find some mindless twok has pulled up some of my yews.

 

Absolutely pointless, leant through the fence, grabbed them and yanked them out. At first I thought they had been nicked, but then found them just thrown in the scrub at the other side of the road.

 

They had just got established as well

 

What the f@&k is the point in doing that? Some people are such knobs prob thought they were real clever

 

 

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[Marko]

Could it be a horse. They are a dab hand at pulling up hedge plants in their first year.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Nah it's roadside, albeit a private road.

[Goaty]

You can't have or do anything these days. Mindless or jealous and vindictive. Shame they don't use their energies in a more positive way. If you keep en moist Dean they could reroot and survive still. Yew initiate new roots well.

[Marc Lewis]

With beech etc it is recommended to double row them, is this not the case with yew? That is not a criticism, I am asking Because I don't know the answer.

[Dean Lofthouse]

With beech etc it is recommended to double row them, is this not the case with yew? That is not a criticism, I am asking Because I don't know the answer.

 

You can do either, if you want a nice slim hedge but dense, just plant them single row but close, double row them if you want a wider impenetrable hedge.

 

With mine, the hedge is intended to envelope the stock fence at the side of it for security so the fence will be hidden and it will look nice and neat

[Grass hopper]

Dean I have about 100 x 3 and 4ft Yew that need to be planted out , whats the best time of year ? Looking at putting them on the outside of a Oak and Beech plantation in October / November.

I put a few out last year with No wire around them and the deer loved them , I was told that Yew kill's live stock.

[Goaty]

With beech etc it is recommended to double row them, is this not the case with yew? That is not a criticism, I am asking Because I don't know the answer.

 

Recommendation is not something I would stick to with hedging. The idea was to make it stockproof(how many hedges actually are solely to keep stock in/out?) and quicker establishment. If you have tried doing the 6 to a mtr as "recommended" Its a pain. You are more likely to get 4 or 5 if you plant with care and properly.

If you look at established hedges sometimes they can be 6 or 8ft apart between individual plants, but the hedge still looks superb.

I'd plant yew at 4ft apart personally. But Im patient.