is it dying?

km79

planted 50 bare root laurel hedges last march. they were thriving. however after the cold spell lots have red/brown leaves.
will they recover?

shawnee

Anyone's guess, however mine is that most of them will survive if they were planted in March. Now if they were planted in November, no chance. :D

Brenireland

They should be o.k although its hard to say now may take 5-6 weeks to spring to see how their shaping up & hope ground temps warm up to...if they do chicken pellets scattered around them may help revive them.

goat2

km79 wrote: »

planted 50 bare root laurel hedges last march. they were thriving. however after the cold spell lots have red/brown leaves.
will they recover?

you put them in last march, dont panic, we all have that going on at moment, the leave is all that got burned in frost and snow, if they had been planted in last 3 months i would be worried but not a march sewn bunch, they will sprout new shoots and leaves again in spring, and one way of being sure that you will not lose plants during bad times like this is to fertalise in the growing times, and you give them the strength to fight alot, leaves are tender anyway and will die in frosts they got frozen and killed off, but the branches are hardier and will survive to give new leaves

km79

thanks guys. all might not be lost so im glad i did not plant more as planned in november. ill be leaving it as late as possible again next year to plant anymore

jezko

I wouldn't wait too late to plant bare root plant's Feb/March should be fine in planting it gives time to the plants to root in and develop down below the soil level,

Best to Pick the strongest plant's (better to have a well developed root system than a over branched/leaved plant)

Hard to know nowadays when is best to plant Early winter to develop a root system in a soil that is still "warm" and risk the weather we just had.. or plant Late winter to try miss the heavy frosts we just had

Don't plant in frosted soils (roots will dry out) roots drying will kill your plant before any cold will

Try keep roots as moist as possible while they are dug up and find a good source for plants...

But don't wait too long to plant ... In some places you could get away with planting in May... But I would say most places mid april.. and even then, make sure to keep them moist

thekooman

damn, came on to see if anyone thought our hedge is dying....
we planted potted griselinia hedging back in October and now the leaves are all burned but then again we planted some snips of griselinia 1 year and 3 months ago also and it survived the winter last year.... its burned also now!
suppose we'll have to wait until March/April to really find out the damage! :-)

goat2

thekooman wrote: »

damn, came on to see if anyone thought our hedge is dying....
we planted potted griselinia hedging back in October and now the leaves are all burned but then again we planted some snips of griselinia 1 year and 3 months ago also and it survived the winter last year.... its burned also now!
suppose we'll have to wait until March/April to really find out the damage! :-)

wait is what it is all about, you can cut back to healty stuff once buds start on hedge and give it a nice feeding, feeding is what will make it strong against diseases and weather. it encourages more shoots and so give a bit extra cover for all