Poorly leylandii

[John Hughes]

One of my customers asked me to look at his his hedge. Although the top looks quite healthy the sides are dying off. Is this frost damage. It has been getting worse over the last couple of years.

Would it be best to remove the whole hedge and replant or could we cut it down to say 18 inches and hope it would regrow.

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

John

[John Hughes]

One of my customers asked me to look at his his hedge. Although the top looks quite healthy the sides are dying off. Is this frost damage. It has been getting worse over the last couple of years.

Would it be best to remove the whole hedge and replant or could we cut it down to say 18 inches and hope it would regrow.

 

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Thanks in advance

 

John

[treequip]

Salt from the gritting truck would be my guess

[treequip]

Salt from the gritting truck would be my guess

[kentjames]

Finding a cause is like closing the stable doors after the horse has bolted.

 

IMHO - Best action from now on, remove the hedge and burn and remove the roots with an excavator, enrich the soil and replant with a different species to prevent future cross infection.

[kentjames]

Finding a cause is like closing the stable doors after the horse has bolted.

 

IMHO - Best action from now on, remove the hedge and burn and remove the roots with an excavator, enrich the soil and replant with a different species to prevent future cross infection.

[18 stoner]

Aphid.

 

Treatment could help, only if you could turn the clock back.

 

Pull out and replant.

[18 stoner]

Aphid.

 

Treatment could help, only if you could turn the clock back.

 

Pull out and replant.

[Treemoose]

 

Pull out and replant.

 

In a nutshell

[Treemoose]

 

Pull out and replant.

 

In a nutshell

[John Hughes]

Thanks for your replies. So would it be necessary to dig out the roots or could we not cut of at ground level and replant between the stumps. The leylandii are planted about 3 ft apart.

John