Hi all,

Any garderners among us?

We've got a couple of conifers planted infront of the greenhouse and they're blocking alot of the light (for the tomatoes later i the year), anyone know how and when to prune/cut them back?

Cheers

Are they leylandii by any chance?

If so you can trim them any time in the summer, up until august.

See group 3 here for more info:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0500/hedges.asp

a chainsaw, about 3 inches above the ground. woks wonders for the light.

It doesnt matter when you do them if its at ground level. Saves the job next year too

Ground level, then creosote the stump if they're Leylandii. They can grow 4' a year so keep an eye on them.

I feel a theme developing here

then flatten the green house and build a garage there

And If you use the quadbike on the lawn enough times the grass does not need cut as often!

I always used to trim hedges twice a year, Once at the beginning of the summer (late april/ May) just to tidy them up and the in the early autumn, never alot to trim so makes life alot easier

Lew

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Originally posted by Northy
Hi all,

Any garderners among us?

We've got a couple of conifers planted infront of the greenhouse and they're blocking alot of the light (for the tomatoes later i the year), anyone know how and when to prune/cut them back?

Cheers

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Whenever ours needed topping, I laddered to required height and cut off with bow saw, then sat on first tree to do second and so on.

Unfortunately last time, the final tree was cut and about 8 feet of tree landed top down on the front lawn, then bounced back through outer pain of double glazing.

Cost £50 xs on insurance to fix. Really funny part was a bloke offered to do the job for £30 a month earlier

ATB

Simon

rusty nails knocked into the trunk or drill a few holes and drop in some copper sulphate...apparantly both work well...
think of it as a mercy killing before the said conifer(s) grows out of control