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Trimming & Maintaining Native Hedge

Maintaining a native hedge is an excellent way to create a natural boundary around any property. Trimming and maintaining these hedges will keep them looking neat and tidy while also promoting healthy growth.

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Trimming & Maintaining Native Hedge

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  1. Ready Hedge LTD Trimming & Maintaining Native Hedge

  2. Ready Hedge LTD Introduction Hedges offer more than boundaries. In spring, the flowers of hawthorn, blackthorn and wild cherries fill the air and provide food for busy pollinators. In the autumn, bramble dogs rose, hazel and elder bloom with nuts and fruits which are adored by humans and animals too.

  3. When to trim native hedges? Don't cut too early! If you're in the countryside, you may be aware that hedgerows have been cut off after harvesttime, usually in the summer or early fall however this could be extremely harmful to birds. The cutting process between September and March can disrupt nesting birds. Likewise, cutting after harvest significantly reduces the number of the number of berries available for birds that depend on this source of food like fieldfare and redwing.

  4. How frequently should you prune your hedge? The majority of mixed native hedging plants only bloom and produce fruit during the previous year's growth. This is why hedges should be cut at least every other year to aid certain species such as hawthorn flowers and fruit. If you're looking to achieve an elegant look, it's possible to cut back your hair once or every two years. Keep your eyes on the positive side of the birds by doing this prior to and following the time of nesting!

  5. What tools do you need? There are many tools to help you with trimming your hedge secateurs - perfect for fine cuts Hand shears are ideal to trim small hedges. Trimmers made of petrol or electric - to trim a large hedge String or twine - great to draw the path to follow ladder so you can begin cutting from the correct the right Personal Protective Equipment.

  6. Hedge Trimming Tips Hedges could easily go out of control, turn too sagging and then turn into branches of trees. When you cut them correctly, they'll keep their shape. Shape your hedge Get your trimming technique right Create internal structure Keep trees in hedges as trees Maintain perspective Assess and plan

  7. Ready Hedge LTD Contact Ready Hedge LTD Court Gate Nursery Eckington, WR10 3BB www.readyhedgeltd.com Sales@readyhedgeltd.com +44 01386 750585 Thinking about making your garden with native Hedge? Contact us

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