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Golden Leylandi

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  • 10-05-2011 2:10pm
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    jett
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭


    Myself and my neighbour put lots of them in last May, about 2ft tall and pot grown.
    We wanted a quick growing hedge.
    Had grown the things in England with success.
    They seemed to be doing well and grown about a foot but all of a sudden the lower leaves have started going brown and some are completely brown in a matter of days?
    Was it high winds, frost or disease?
    I thought they were almost impossible to kill.
    Any ideas please?


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    padowado
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭padowado


    There has been over 1 month of dry weather
    that could be the reason...showers no good..when they start growing make
    sore they do not get out of control.....when you have a mature
    hedge DO NOT cut them back to hard they will stay brown
    and never get green again........good luck


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    jett
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭jett


    They were fine in the hot weather, then torrential rain and they go brown ?
    Did not think you could overwater what is normally a weed.


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    Nonmonotonic
    Registered Users Posts: 422 ✭✭Nonmonotonic


    Maybe your OTHER neighbour watered them with something that disagreed with them. :D

    Brown ones are definitely dead and extreme cold did the damage. Laylandii have shallow roots so they probably got frostbitten.


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    jett
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭jett


    No he wanted them as well and has them around his garden also.
    We intend (ed) trimming them just right.
    Inherited 40 footers once so know what a swine they can be if let go.
    I read somewhere that brown ones can recover in Autumn, to be honest i cannot see it.


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