How To start: Headge planting
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 1:16 pm
When you decide to planing hedge , there are few tricks of the trade.
same shurbs for hedge.
Some time dig trench is make sence for setting headge plants.
If you are diging individual holes, make it sure that hole is 2 ~3 times biger than pot .
* Pick three best looking plants for end of hedge and midle of hedge. and rest of plant should place evenly( good shape, ok/poor look next to each other).
If under gorund pipe, or rock make hard to set plant even distance, you can lean plant slightly to fill gap. just matter of time headges fill gap between.
You also can trim off root to make it fit..
when back fill soil, only fill 1/2 to 2/3 d of soil then water lot's of water to make plants and soil settle in. check plants and space . before fill rest of soil fill.
Make berm for retain water around each plant.
Fertilize lighty and often until hedge establish.
mike yamakami
same shurbs for hedge.
Some time dig trench is make sence for setting headge plants.
If you are diging individual holes, make it sure that hole is 2 ~3 times biger than pot .
* Pick three best looking plants for end of hedge and midle of hedge. and rest of plant should place evenly( good shape, ok/poor look next to each other).
If under gorund pipe, or rock make hard to set plant even distance, you can lean plant slightly to fill gap. just matter of time headges fill gap between.
You also can trim off root to make it fit..
when back fill soil, only fill 1/2 to 2/3 d of soil then water lot's of water to make plants and soil settle in. check plants and space . before fill rest of soil fill.
Make berm for retain water around each plant.
Fertilize lighty and often until hedge establish.
mike yamakami