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Cut back Bare root laurel?

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  • 07-03-2018 1:01pm
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    eamon11
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    Hello Folks,

    have just planted bare root laurel for a hedge. 2 - 3 foot high. Should I cut these back and by how much? Also does cutting back mean cutting the top off or also cutting back any side shoots left?
    Thanks a lot


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    eamon11
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    New to gardening so does anyone know this? I would be much obliged for your advice.


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    wait4me
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    If you have just planted them let them grow for the year or more and then you can cut. The plants have to establish themselves first.


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    baaba maal
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    My understanding is that you plant things like hawthorn and cut them back by a third to encourage multiple stems early on. I think that laurel starts off with stems (albeit short stems) already, so doesn't need to be cut back.

    Oh, and after a year or so with laurel, depending on growth, you would start to reduce them slightly all around so that they really bush out.


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    Lumen
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    baaba maal wrote: »
    My understanding is that you plant things like hawthorn and cut them back by a third to encourage multiple stems early on. .

    I thought it was to reduce the foliage demands on establishing roots. If the foliage can't be serviced then it will suffer drought-like damage.


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