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Bare Roots Staked?

  • 17-04-2015 11:25am
    #1
    Crazy Christ
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    I have some Siberian Privet and Field Maple bare roots to plant to make a hedge.

    I would like advice on whether it is a necessity that they be staked? I don't really have any suitable stakes to hand it would be next week before I manage to get some.

    How exactly should they be staked? With a vertical stake or using that 45 degree angle way?


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  • #2
    looksee
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    It isn't usually necessary to stake hedging. If it is a windy site it might be a good idea to put in a low barrier of wind break fabric while they get established, but with hardy hedging it should not be necessary. If the plants are tall (over, say 18 inches) I would suggest cutting the tops off, down by maybe a third, certainly remove the lead shoot. I know this may seem counter-productive, but it will make a much better hedge and not significantly delay growth.


  • #3
    arthur daly
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    looksee wrote: »
    It isn't usually necessary to stake hedging. If it is a windy site it might be a good idea to put in a low barrier of wind break fabric while they get established, but with hardy hedging it should not be necessary. If the plants are tall (over, say 18 inches) I would suggest cutting the tops off, down by maybe a third, certainly remove the lead shoot. I know this may seem counter-productive, but it will make a much better hedge and not significantly delay growth.

    I put down hedging on 2 boundaries last year I clipped one boundary and left the other.
    The clipped ones bushed out more and look a lot better


  • #4
    arthur daly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭arthur daly


    looksee wrote: »
    It isn't usually necessary to stake hedging. If it is a windy site it might be a good idea to put in a low barrier of wind break fabric while they get established, but with hardy hedging it should not be necessary. If the plants are tall (over, say 18 inches) I would suggest cutting the tops off, down by maybe a third, certainly remove the lead shoot. I know this may seem counter-productive, but it will make a much better hedge and not significantly delay growth.

    I put down hedging on 2 boundaries last year I clipped one boundary and left the other.
    The clipped ones bushed out more and look a lot better


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