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Horse manure and laurel-hedging

  • 05-04-2019 08:01PM
    #1
    Noelfahy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭


    Hi, iv recently planted a laurel hedge. 280 plants to be exact . I put old horse manure around them as mulch, only horse manure about 2 inches thick.it's old horse maure, no smell and black. Don't know if I did right or wrong!? I also mixed the clay with some b4 planting. They are bareroot 2ft high. Any advise would be appreciate.


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  • #2
    J Cheevor Loophole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭J Cheevor Loophole


    Sounds good to me ðŸ‘. They will take off for sure. How far apart did you plant them ?


  • #3
    Noelfahy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭Noelfahy


    J Cheevor Loophole wrote: »
    Sounds good to me ðŸ‘. They will take off for sure. How far apart did you plant them ?

    I hope they do! I planted them them one and a half foot apart. I taught I mite have over done it with the manure from other articles I have read! Thanks for putting my mind at ease.


  • #4
    bunderoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭bunderoon


    I planted about a hundred of them two years ago. 18" apart. Put chicken manure in with them and a mix of a kind of compost water sludge. They are now about 5' tall. Make sure to trim back to encourage new shoots (thicker hedge).


  • #5
    Noelfahy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭Noelfahy


    bunderoon wrote: »
    I planted about a hundred of them two years ago. 18" apart. Put chicken manure in with them and a mix of a kind of compost water sludge. They are now about 5' tall. Make sure to trim back to encourage new shoots (thicker hedge).

    Il put up a photo just to make sure I did the right thing. How often do I trim them, I took the top off each plant after sowing. Sorry for all the questions but I haven't a clue...


  • #6
    J Cheevor Loophole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭J Cheevor Loophole


    Noelfahy wrote: »
    bunderoon wrote: »
    I planted about a hundred of them two years ago. 18" apart. Put chicken manure in with them and a mix of a kind of compost water sludge. They are now about 5' tall. Make sure to trim back to encourage new shoots (thicker hedge).

    Il put up a photo just to make sure I did the right thing. How often do I trim them, I took the top off each plant after sowing. Sorry for all the questions but I haven't a clue...
    Have a look back through the threads from a couple of weeks ago, when Laurel pruning was discussed


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  • #7
    Noelfahy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭Noelfahy


    This is what iv done....


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