best time to top leylandii.....

[woody paul]

Poplar stumps, groove around top just inside cambium with chain saw plunge cut a bit deeper in places and then fill groove with SBK cover with plastic or thin slice of stump cut before grooving keeps weather and pets off.

[Brett]

Lot of replies. Thanks a lot. Just one other thing, some of the branches on the leylandii have gone brown. What is this a sign of?

 

................that their dead.

[WoodED]

Poplar stumps, groove around top just inside cambium with chain saw plunge cut a bit deeper in places and then fill groove with SBK cover with plastic or thin slice of stump cut before grooving keeps weather and pets off.

 

Good post. Instead of covering with plastic cut a slice befor grooving and nail it on as a cap

 

 

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[Daniel Jiggins]

Lot of replies. Thanks a lot. Just one other thing, some of the branches on the leylandii have gone brown. What is this a sign of?

 

Could be the good old cypress aphid

[Lukey-Loki]

Good post. Instead of covering with plastic cut a slice befor grooving and nail it on as a cap

 

 

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Genius!

[Johno1]

Could be the good old cypress aphid

 

I had thought someone in the family might have got careless with roundup in a knapsack. If it was roundup will the branched recover?

[treesnatcher]

no. best time to cut is def 30 secs after you sharpen the saw

[likeitorlumpit]

Did someone mention nesting birds.

Thats the trouble with dates 1st March to 31st July.

Seems a bit inappropriate given this years weather. Just keep an eye out and the rest is down to conscience .... oh yes.... and the law.