Beech Hedge Planting

A 5' high beech hedge, of purple and common beech, is planted. Here we are show root pruning, soil conditioning and proper planting technique to get a decent looking, strong and healthy hedge to act as a privacy screen.

[@radharcanna]

Excellent advice. Thank you.

[@radharcanna]

Would you also snip a little bit off the top of the plants in order to encourage bushy growth?

[@BritishAnts]

As a fellow horticulturalist I was waiting for you to slip up, you didn’t! Everything said was true along with pronunciation of Latin names! :)

[@dportercontracting9974]

Thanks for the kind words my friend!

[@leetucker7438]

Sorry mate I was talking about you not to you, your spot on with that.

[@leetucker7438]

I work for a tree charity and beech is my favourite deciduous to grow in hedges, I agree this this guy is good.

[@dportercontracting9974]

Cheers buddy! That rusty, colour and tinkle of the leaves in winter is a treat for the eyes and ears.

[@naturesmoments1297]

Bobby Ball gardening ...

[@dportercontracting9974]

Thanks for your comment. This is tree planting, not gardening.

[@naturesmoments1297]

It was awee bit of humour, keep up the useful content.

[@foesure]

I wouldn't advise planting bare root plants in October and certainly wouldn't leave bare roots in drying air before planting. I haven't heard of purple beech before I thought it was called copper beech. I would generally plant beech in a staggered row it creates a much better hedge.

[@dportercontracting9974]

Hi Darrell. Three seasons were spent planting trees commercially from October through to April/early May. I wouldn't advise leaving bare roots open to the drying air either. Nationwide, trees can be called all manner of different names. All young beech trees turn copper in winter. This purple variety's latin name is Fagus sylvatica purpurea this translates into "Purple beech." If you pay keen attention to the short video, you will see and hear how the beech planting is staggered. The growing hedge looks thick and full now, after 8 months of growth. Was there any aspects of the video that you liked or was it all twaddle, to you?

[@foesure]

@@dportercontracting9974 hi, I enjoy watching any aspect of tree planting as I planted for 18 years all over uk. I did skip through parts of your video. We would generally wait for a cold snap in the weather before planting (generally mid late November) I never used to take a pair of scissors with me to trim roots I would just hack out a slightly bigger hole.

[@dportercontracting9974]

@@foesure commercially we would also dig a bigger hole. With domestic jobs, such as this, that aren't paid on piecework. More time can be spent on each tree, planting. I grow various bonsai and the bianual root trimming, stimulates vigourous root growth. I wouldn't trim roots when commercial planting. Time is money as I'm sure you already know. Many varieties of trees come already root trimmed by the knife in the nursary, annually already.

[@foesure]

@@dportercontracting9974 wouldn't matter to me whether or not it was commercial or domestic the idea is for the tree to grow and not just about the green $ on price work. My other point was that you had left that beech sapling layed on the wall throughout your video which is a rookie mistake....you don't learn it all in 3 seasons fella

[@dportercontracting9974]

@@foesure Thanks for your opinions matey.