Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Aug 16, 2010 9:43 pm With Spring approaching, is now a good time to prune ? Some of my hedges are looking a bit scrappy, some have shoots at the top about 20cm long etc. Should I chop them all off now ? Unsure about the best policy... Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Prune now for Spring ? 2Aug 16, 2010 10:20 pm I would have thought you would chop em after they bloom (if they have flowers) Thats what I do I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Prune now for Spring ? 3Aug 16, 2010 10:42 pm Yeah, but I'm also thinking about the old "the more you chop the more they grow" rule. And since they're a bit straggly now I thought maybe before Spring is the time. But maybe I've got this totally wrong ? Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Prune now for Spring ? 4Aug 16, 2010 11:04 pm depends on the weather down your way. If it is still looking like frosts will occur then hold off. If frosts have passed and the weather is warming then get into it. Remember mulch what you clip and put it back on the garden as mulch Best slow release fertiliser going Where you can try avoid having long bits of stem above the nodes on the plants. So where the leaves come out, make sure you clip back to just above them If you clip something take it back about a third which is a fairly safe rule of thumb for most things. Heavy layers of mulch in the form of what you clip from the garden or straws or tree shreddings/mulch you will see the garden get by much easier than normal in the peak of summer 75-100mm and yes the water gets through and yes the soil and mulch will be dry but the soil stay moist deeper than you would think Re: Prune now for Spring ? 5Aug 17, 2010 7:35 am Big layer of frost this morning and minus-3 on the thermometer. Better hold off a while longer thanks Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair We purchased a 1960s property that is on timber stumps mostly, and a newer section is on concrete stumps. We had a building inspection initially and they reported some… 0 12743 9 24789 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19232 |