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[@sh-hg4eg]

For anyone planting a new hedge, you will also benefit from looking up how to lay the hedge once it has established. You will get a much thicker, low maintenance and aesthetically pleasing hedge if you "lay" it.

[@TomOConnor-BlobOpera]

Guess what I'm doing this weekend!

[@thomasnichols1698]

Wonderfully informative video. How many inches do you plant the two rows apart?

[@richardwaldron1684]

can you plant bare root beech hedging in March/April or is that too late?

[@Tomherbs]

Any month with an R in it

[@rogermoore27]

Greetings from Trinidad and Tobago

[@Shaggy12321]

I'm going to be planting some bare root Hornbeam hedges soon, I'm thinking 5 per metre in a zigzag pattern like you did? the ones I'm getting are grown between 90cm-120cm. Do I need anything extra? some vidoes on KZbin are using bonemeal or some special solution before they put them into the soil, so do I need anything or can I just dig into my soil, and plant just like you did? I'll also plan on watering them fairly often myself. Another question, some of my garden is gravel but I still want hornbeam hedges there, is it okay to plant these in a trough permanently? I don't plan on letting them get above about 180cm, but my idea is to have about a 4m long trough filled with soil, and plant these in it? Will that work? Thanks in advance!

[@The_RHS]

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[@fmrsolutions]

Great Video! but you did not tell us how far apart the rows are. I am guessing about 40cm, but it would be useful to know...

[@radharcanna]

I had an old straggly fuschia hedge which I cut down. Can I plant a new hedge amongst the roots or do I need to take the roots out completely? Taking them out would be a huge job.

[@jeremywarren7424]

I'm so envious of your soil over there, we have so much clay and limestone here in KCMO that you could never use a transfer shovel to dig a random, square hole. Have you given consideration to growing chesnut trees?

[@russfleischman3158]

What is the plant physiology for this statement “Plant plants in a square hole, it aids in root establishment.”?

[@The_RHS]

In grassed areas circular planting holes are easier to mow around, but square planting holes aid root penetration at the corners on heavy soils. In theory, planting trees and shrubs in a square hole encourages the root system to break out once the root hits a corner of the square hole, whereas with a round hole, the roots are more prone to circle round and could even strangle the tree or shrub. It helps the tree or shrub to establish a better base and makes them sturdier, encouraging a more expansive root system to anchor the plant. It's not necessary for bedding plants or perennials though-- this is specific to tree and shrub rooting.

[@Babeiloveyouso]

Good video

[@ThatGardener]

Alex and team thank you so much for a wonderful video. Learned something very new and your tips were so helpful. Thank you.

[@skyehamilton9465]

How often and how much fertilizer do I need for a new planted hedge ?

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[@michellenewlands5845]

We planted a bare root hawthorn hedge a week ago, it's been very dry since and not much rain forecast, should we water them?

[@kylejanssens1110]

Yes

[@llengsuch3426]

Bare leg hedges!

[@LittleRapGuy]

nice

[@achnix3167]

Do these grow higher still after having been cut at the top?

[@Tomherbs]

They will

[@cindyleenoble7875]

Brilliant clear hedging for dummies. Thank you so much

[@arowley86]

Can you use strulch as a mulch

[@chrisdowning7543]

Can you please tell me how close together does the Classic bot hedge need to be? I want to plant sempervirens they are 10cm in hight so very small. I have heard 10cm apart, is this correct or further apart. Great video by the way.

[@anyat686]

I heard 20 cm