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  • 28-02-2021 5:43pm
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    Stihl waters
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    Hi all, I have a large moote wall surrounding my property, it looks ugly and I'd like to plant something to hide it, the soil make up is really very poor and consists of a heavy blue mud with blue shale through it and with very steep walls on it, would normal grass seed grow on it or what type of hedging would grow on it, something low maintenance would be great, thanks


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    michaeljh1965
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    Hi! And if planted wicker grapes, would he be able to hide the problem? It doesn't need a lot of care and grows densely enough.


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    looksee
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    Sorry to be difficult, but what is a moote wall? If you have heavy clay berberis, cotoneaster or euonymus would be happy enough, but not sure what you are doing with the grass?


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    Stihl waters
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    A moote is a large wall made out of the soil or clay/mud, it's about 8 to 10 meters high at the back of the site and I'd like to grow something on it, grass or whatever would grow on heavy blue soil


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    Stihl waters
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    michaeljh1965 wrote: »
    Hi! And if planted wicker grapes, would he be able to hide the problem? It doesn't need a lot of care and grows densely enough.

    Wicker grapes?


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    looksee
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    Maybe it reads 'planted with grapes' though I am not sure how that would work.

    I am totally intrigued by the idea of an 8 to 10 m wall - that's huge! Is it old? or serving a particular purpose? Any chance of a photo? Which way does it face and what kind of finish does it have?


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    Stihl waters
    Registered Users Posts: 715 ✭✭✭Stihl waters


    looksee wrote: »
    Maybe it reads 'planted with grapes' though I am not sure how that would work.

    I am totally intrigued by the idea of an 8 to 10 m wall - that's huge! Is it old? or serving a particular purpose? Any chance of a photo? Which way does it face and what kind of finish does it have?

    Its 3 months old, it's a site that is stepped so its lower at the front with a large wall between the levels, its 8-10 meters at its highest point all along the back and sloping from left to right around the middle of the site, its main purpose is as a wind break to the ground at the back where I plan to grow native hedges and trees along with apple trees and grow a garden next year, it's a west facing wall on moderately exposed ground near the coast, the make up of the wall is a blue heavy clay with a blue shale mixed through it, I'm just wondering if theres anything at all that will grow on it, I'd throw a couple of bags of grass seed on it if I thought it would grow but ideally would like a hardy native hedge or Bush that would take to it


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    looksee
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    It sounds intriguing, but I am not really clear about it. If you grassed a vertical wall how would you maintain it? and how would you grow hedging on it? That's a heck of a height to support itself, I have seen gabions used in that situation but not just clay.


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    Stihl waters
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    I dont want to maintain it, I'd let it grow and hopefully be maintenance free


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