Tips for Hedge trimming

[samthornton1990]

Has anyone got any tips?

 

Is it better to start small and work my way up? I've done a few but I never take enough off

[Mountain man]

All about species, what sort of hedges are we talking about? Annual trim or lowering?

[HDAV]

Lay a tarp down before you start to catch the cuttings!

[crobinson]

Always cut bottom to top

 

You can be more brutal than you think for a lot of species - beware Yew/Leylandi etc. if you take too much it won't grow back.

[treesrus]

not growing back only applies to leylandii and similar species. yew grows back, as does thuja. all deciduous grow back, some can be butchered like privet and laurel. bird nesting is an issue, if it's only a skim no problem, other wise you need to check. on a lawn or rough ground rake or preferably leave as mulch the clippings if customer is favourable, for borders and gravel put sheets down. aand if you look closely,, you will see where the last cut was a and within 12months cut back to that point.

[HDAV]

I'm no pro but do look after a few hedges (well butcher annually) laurel, privet, beech, leylandi and all are similar depends if maintaning or trying to get under control after being left to go wild. If it was a pruned hedge gone wild its pretty easy to get it back to shape may take a couple of seasons.

[Steve Bullman]

The biggest fault I see in probably 90% of the hedgecutting I look at, is people not cutting back hard enough. This just isn't good enough when you are a professional being paid to do a professional job. Make sure you cut right back to previous cuts each time, or you'll never establish a compact hedge for the customer

[fagus]

The hedge should be narrower at the top than the base.this is so the top does not shade out the lower hedge causing it to weaken and die off.A narrow top also means it will not catch a load of snow and bend over never to come back.

[kev7937]

Don't clip leylandii, lawsons, maccies tight overwinter, leave em with a bit of fluff to protect against nasty cold wind and frost.

[Jimbob87]

Top tip dont do it lol

 

 

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