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Boxus hedge pruning

irishgeo · 2019-03-20 06:41:30

Whats the best time to prune a boxus hedge. Its a quite young hedge and i want to clip the top from growing so it bulks out a bit and fills in gaps between the plants.

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20-03-2019 7:41am

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irishgeo

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Whats the best time to prune a boxus hedge. Its a quite young hedge and i want to clip the top from growing so it bulks out a bit and fills in gaps between the plants.

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#2 20-03-2019 7:49am
CiaranTheGreat

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irishgeo wrote: »

Whats the best time to prune a boxus hedge. Its a quite young hedge and i want to clip the top from growing so it bulks out a bit and fills in gaps between the plants.

early summer is when you should start your first cut with your final cut in autumn

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#3 20-03-2019 12:37pm
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Agreed with early summer, I clipped mine too early ( Late April ) one year and they suffered a late East wind blast, scorched badly. Usually leave it to June nowadays.

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