VincentValentine

5 minutes ago, Dawsons Groundcare said:

When we plant hedges we'll always put a leaky hose down too. Tell the customer to leave it on for a couple of hours once or twice a week depending on the weather.

 

Single trees always put a piece of perforated land drain down the side so the water gets down to where it's needed. 

30 secs of watering is just going to run off the surface. 

I'd dig down the side and put a piece of pipe in. Then water for a good 5 mins on each one twice a week. Depending on the weather of course. Your's might have gone too far to make it though but got two chances. 

I guess I can try increasing the water intake then. I'll keep the thread updated. Hopefully there's a chance as the dryness hasn't consumed the whole tree yet.

41 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

You say twice a week but how much water? They will need gallons and gallons, I guess the only thing you can try is increase the quantity, you need to get the water to soak as deep into the ground as possible. Also mulch around the bases with woodchip, it will help retain it.

A good 30 seconds on each root base. I mulched the base when I planted them back in feb.

28 minutes ago, Mesterh said:

Im not being funny but you did remove the plastic or fabric sack that they probably arrived in?

 

I didn't remove the hessian around the root ball no. I read its biodegradable and should stay on.

I planted them in early feb. I wouldn't have thought it would take them 3 months to die. Anything I can do to save them?

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

They look too big to have been replanted, where did you buy them and were they bare rooted or in a pot?

They were root balled. Bought them from paramountplants. They came with the lower half trimmed, purposely.

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

They look dry to me .

I'm hoping its just that. The garden does have a slight incline and the end tree appears to be suffering the most, which is the highest point. Maybe the slope is draining water away from the trees.

5 minutes ago, Hodge said:

 

Post up the pictures in a couple of years of them being maintained, I'd like to see them......well that's if they are still alive the more you try to control them the more they grow, then you try to control them and they grow, and grow and grow and grow.....

 

This is the hedge in my old property. They actually belong to my neighbours but we trimmed them for them. They destroyed them on the opposite side though because they didn't understand that cutting them so far wont allow it to grow back. 

The trees are as old as the property itself. 1930s.

Can you offer any advice on my problem though?

3 minutes ago, Hodge said:

yes they do bring us work but I hate the things. They make me itch....the will just grow to be horrible monsters, the neighbours will hate you.....there must be better things to plant that give bio diversity......did you buy them?

They wont get to be monsters, I will maintain them, if they survive that is. No one seems to want to help on that front. Yes I bought them, I don't regret it.

8 minutes ago, Hodge said:

It's up to you of course but why would you plant those god awful things in what looks like a nice newly built property?

Mainly for privacy but also increasing the biodiversity of my garden. I like them.

26 minutes ago, peds said:

A leylandii out in the middle of nowhere, allowed to do its own thing, is a beautiful thing. Squashed up against someone's house like that is just plain cruel, and five of them... the poor things. 

You won't maintain them, they will escape, and someone will have to pay to remove them when they become a problem (if someone could post a link to the other current thread where this is being discussed, that'd be great).

Seems okay though, looks like yours are dying, so problem solved. Get rid of them, and replant with something more suitable to the location. 

The intension is to create a reasonable privacy hedge which I will maintain. I had the same trees in my previous property and managed them very well. I understand peoples dismay but I have good reason for planting them. 

So it looks like they're dying, but why is that?

9 minutes ago, Peasgood said:

Neighbour poisoned them and I don't blame them. Ridiculous place to plant them.

What makes you say that, other than the dislike for the trees?

Good afternoon all,

I have 5 newly planted Leyland cypress trees. Recently they have started to show signs of deteriorating, by way of yellowing, drying out and sap weep. The yellowing appears to be starting from the inside up. 

The trees took some bark damage during the crazy winds we had back in January? February? Cant remember now, but this was caused by friction on the support steaks. I put some biodegradable tape over the damaged areas to prevent infestation but I cant say for sure if its worked. The tress have grown since I planted them, I trimmed the tops in early march and they grown further since then too. But now this discolouring is worrying me and I'm afraid of losing them to a disease.

I water them once or twice a week. Less so when it rains.

In any case, I am hoping someone can tell me what they think the issue might be, if there is an issue, and what I can do about.

Regards,

Vincent