Northy
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 01:44 PM |
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Pruning conifers? Gardening!
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
Graham
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flak monkey
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 01:55 PM |
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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
Sera
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JoelP
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 01:58 PM |
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a chainsaw, about 3 inches above the ground. woks wonders for the light. 
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JamJah
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 01:58 PM |
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It doesnt matter when you do them if its at ground level. Saves the job next year too
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 02:48 PM |
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Same here...
Ground level, then creosote the stump if they're Leylandii. They can grow 4' a year so keep an eye on them.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 03:26 PM |
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I feel a theme developing here
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 05:13 PM |
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then flatten the green house and build a garage there
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 06:49 PM |
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And If you use the quadbike on the lawn enough times the grass does not need cut as often!  
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Kitlooney1000
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 07:27 PM |
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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
Doesnt matter what Sh*t life throws at you, there is always some other poor bugger worse off!!!!!
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robinbastd
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| posted on 25/3/05 at 10:37 PM |
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quote:
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
Tomatoes, allegedly.
Ian
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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Simon
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| posted on 26/3/05 at 01:57 AM |
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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
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marcyboy
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| posted on 26/3/05 at 08:01 AM |
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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
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