How to complete a HEDGE REDUCTION like a PRO. 4 easy steps.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2022
- In this video I take your through the 4 steps to completing a hedge reduction on a Murraya Paniculata.
1 - Trim back hard to area you want the hedge to align with.
2 - Finish poorly cut branches with clean sharp cuts.
3 - Clear out dead wood.
4 - Apply liquid fertilise and slow release fertiliser.
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Ben
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Many thanks for your step by step video -i am not a gardener and seam to be more a professional weed grower than anything else. Hopefully, your step by step video will give me the confidence to reduce a very wide hedge that we have got. Not really looking forward to it as i have never have had to cut one back so hard and remove so much dead in parts.
Hey
haha congratulations. Did you need any formal qualifications for becoming a professional weed grower?.....lol
You can do it. Just prepare the plant, sharp tools and take your time. It will look ugly for awhile, but once recovered you will be happy. And you will have built your confidence up which is always a positive.
'it's a great day for GARDENING'.
Ben. 😃
Really useful, clear explanation. I have been finding it very hard to find a detailed description of how to do this until I found your video. Great advice, thanks.
Hi.
Glad it was helpful for you. Thanks for supporting my channel. Happy gardening thumbs 👍 😀
like the after shots and your idea of how you got it to that stage. hope you and your family are well and happy ..
Thanks Andy. Have a great week mate 😀👍🏻
Good video thanks for posting.
No worries. Glad it was of some help.
Have a great day.
Ben 👍 😀
exactly the video I needed thanks!!
That’s great. Have a great day 🙂👍🏻 thanks for the support.
Great Tips! Cheers! 🙂🍻
Thanks Tracey. Glad they helped. Have a great week 😀👍🏻
Great video mate. I'm just an amateur, but did work as a gardener/lawnmower for a couple of years when my wife was unwell. I have a bit of OCD when it comes to hedges, and like to keep them neat and tidy. But it was good advertising, as people would see the finished job and get my number. The hadest thing for me was having to convince the clients that their hedges needed a severe cut back. They just couldn't understand that their hedges were getting heavily wooded and starting to turn into trees! After being cut back they would be horrified at the end result! But all those hedges grew back . Even now my wife absolute hates it when I do a hard prune on our gardens and hedges.
Thank you for your video. This is a great help to me. 😊
you gave very helpful tips
Glad it was helpful!
Have a great day. 👍 😀
Thank you, thank you for the detailed information. It’s scary to trim back a hedge with all that wood exposed, but it’s the way to go. My landscape designer neighbor did this to her hedge & it grew out beautifully. I’m in the process of using this method to fill out my Ilex hedge. This was so helpful. 👏👏👏👏👏
Hi
I am so glad you found it helpful. It's why I make these videos, so people like you can have the confidence to go out in your garden and do it.
Keep me posted with how it's going.
Have a great day. 👍 😀
Ben
👍👍👍.Thank you
Your welcome 👍🏻🙂
Bravo Thank You!
Thanks 👍 😀
Thank you so much. It was a great learning video. Need fertilizer proposition details where we have no liquid fertilizer
Thanks Biplab. Have a great day 😀👍🏻
Great video - thanks!!! Currently trying to thin out a hedge at my mother in law's. Although im starting to think its a collection of various trees that have just morphed together, rather than an actual hedge.
Am I the only person that uses hedgecutters and hedge trimmers? Quite different machines! I do use secateurs and loppers too, for finishing touches!
Hey mate
I use both to depending on the job. But you might be right, I don’t t see many gardeners using both cutters and trimmers.
Hope business is going well mate.
Have a great day.
Thanks
Ben 😃
THANK you....I have been ARGUING so much with my husband about this. He totally thinks I have been doing it wrong, yet without even knowing, this is what I have been doing for the most part. HE THINKS we are ONLY supposed to trim the leaves and only a little bit....so now our hedges are way over our sidewalk!!! He yelled at me when I was doing it this way because he said, "you're making all the wood show through" LOL.....I said, " You have to, cause it's all dead" blah blah and blah. So here we are a few years later and my hedges are hanging way over our WALKWAY into our new home :(
Hi Carol
haha it's a common argument with hedges. The short answer, you are both correct. Once a year or so you should hard trim back your Murraya because, it's a plant so of course it going to grow bigger. If you just let it grow and grow without hard trimming it will protrude out past where you want it. You are correct there. For ongoing regular trimming maintenance though, as your husband said, you just light trim to maintain it looking great.
I hope that helps in stopping the arguing, well about hedges at least.lol.
Let me know how you go.
Have a great day.
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Ben 😀
@@mowtime Oh my gosh. I never saw your respone until now. Wow thank you.
Thx for video, and information. How long will it take to regrow into a decent looking hedge.
Hi Wilhelm
Your welcome.
In good growing conditions and kept watered and fertilised, a Murraya will grow back in 2-3 months for a thick full hedge again.
Have a great day.
🙂
Great video, it's a relief to know how much these hedges can be pruned back. I've just planted some mature but pretty sad looking murrayas that a friend has given me. They're about 2 metres high, pretty bare, hardly any leaves, and if there are any they're at the top. Any advice on how to get these bad boys full and lush again from bottom to top, so I can get that nice squared up effect in a few years? Thank you!
Hey JT
With any transplant there is always a chance the plant will suffer shock and not recover. Ideally the plants should be given a good liquid feed to prepare them for transplanting.
In your situation I would recommend giving them a good feed with some liquid kelp every 3-5 days and if you still see them yellowing and not happy, you may have to cut them back harder. The bigger the plant the more energy/nutrients etc it has to spread out over the plant. Lesson the distance from roots to the tip of the plant and doesn’t have to use as much energy.
Poor transplanting can also be caused from the plants roots being cut or dug out to short. Eg digging around to close to the base of the plant when removing.
Murrayas are pretty hardy, but not bulletproof.
I hope yours make a good recovery.
Keep me posted.
Have a great weekend mate 🙂👍🏻
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@@mowtime Awesome stuff, I'll give it some liquid fertiliser and keep monitoring. Love you work. Lots of landscaping videos out there but it's always better to hear it from someone in Aus with local knowledge.
Composte, mulch and water in that order.
Thanks for great video! I'm going to make murraya hedge as well paralel to sidewalk on my front yard. Do you think I should digg holes about 2 feet apart from the sidewalk, so that once murraya get mature it won't go over public sidewalk? Also not sure about proper spacing between holes, it appears that it might be every 2 feet or 50 cm apart, right?
Hi
Spacing depends on what pot size you go with. But to give you a gauge, if you are purchasing 200mm pot size for creating a hedge, I would suggest planting approximately 60cm apart.
Just make sure not to leave it to late to start pruning them. You want to cut/train them into a hedge.
Hope that was of some help.
Thanks for the support of the channel. 👍 😃
Would it the plant or side of the hedge dry if it was a conifer type hedge? My neighbour has one at the front of the house next to mine and and it blocks my morning light too into my living room in the morning as it's about 2-3 meters tall! Any advice?
Thank you for your video, it is one of the best clips I've come across for a hard cutback of a hedge!
I would love your advice on what to do with a tall overgrown Xylosma Congestum hedge that requires a hard cutback on top and sides. We have some 60-odd metres of it and the maintenance is huge…too much to regularly pay someone!
-Do you know how hard I can go? Do I have to leave some leaf on it, I’m tempted to cut right back top and sides (in late winter) which would result in no leaf remaining. Would that be ok?
-A couple of low sections of the hedge have no growth due to too much shade, is it possible to get growth back in these sections, or is essential bald now?
-We live in a warm temperate region of NSW, with a few frost events in winter. If I do a cutback in early April will a frost cause permanent damage, or just temporary until it reshoots?
Thanks in advance, Jane
Hi Jane
Apologies for the slow response. Have been flat out with work.
Yes, you can hard prune them, but best to leave a small amount of foliage on them.
Most times, once you perform a hard cut back, it allows sunlight to get to those bare areas that are struggling, so long as they are not struggling from another problem such as disease or pests.
I would leave till after winter if you get frosts, just to minimise potential damage.
Just make sure the plant is in good health, and ready for its hard cut back.
I hope that helps.
Thanks for the support.
Ben 😀 👍
Thanks for that. How long does it take to grow back?
Hello,
Thank you for a great video. One question, could this be done in the winter? I am considering doing this but I am unsure when the best time of the year would be.
Hi Maria
Thanks. In regards to hard trimming back a hedge in winter, I would not recommend it. Hedge reductions should only be done in the growing season, when the plant is at its healthiest to recover.
Hope that helps.
Apologies for the slow response.
Have a great weekend 😀
great video, ive been looking for a video like this, sifting through youtube for hours, without answers, or anyone cutting back so hard. i want to prune back a overgrown 20 year old lily pilly but there is no growth on the inside where i want to cut it all back to. so it will basically have hardly any leaves, similiar to what you have done.. will it grow back out? and id love to see an update on this hedge
Hi MJ
Thanks very much.
I try to provide videos that you just don’t see much off on TH-cam.
Lilly Pilly varieties a pretty hard so you shouldn’t have a problem with it growing back if it gets good sun light.
Just make sure the plant is ready for a cut back by giving it a good liquid feed with seasol, Charlie carp or something along those lines that promotes healthy roots.
Also make sure your cutting tools a nice and sharp for a clean cut.
Hope it goes well.
Keep me posted
🙂👍🏻
Great video. Clear and simple steps. Thanks. When is the best time of year to prune back a hedge?
Hi Phil
Thanks for your feedback. Glad you found the video helpful.
Best time of year to hard trim a hedge back is generally around end of winter time, or just before the growing season.
Hope that helps.
Have a great day 👍 😀
How much back should you reduce your hedge?
Mine was always maintained by previous owners but it still crept over our yard area and i’m scared to trim it back
Hi
It can depend on your hedge variety and position. If it is over a path or garden edge etc, just cut it back 30-50mm back from the edge.
Hope that helps.
Have a great day 😃 👍
@@mowtime thanks!
I would have taken the hedge down to the fence line...40yrs experience
can I talk to you about shaping a big long hedge
Can you "top" hedges? Mine is about 8 feet tall and I want to take it down to about 3 feet.
Hi
Yes, certainly can. It's especially good if the plant is requiring sunlight down to the lower branches to thicken up. As mentioned in the video, just make sure to give the hedge a good feed 2-3 weeks out from hard cutting.
Have a great day mate. 😃 👍
What season is best to do this? Spring/Summer/Fall? We get harsh winters in northern New York.
Hi
Definitely not in the cool temps. Best to wait till the hedge is actively growing. Just make sure you have the plant in good health before commencing a reduction.
Keep me posted with how your going.
Have a great day 👍🏻🙂
Late autumn
Hi Sir , how do we hedge trimming into a straight surface because is hard to judge whether it’s or like a wave surface! Thank you
Hi
Apologies for the slow response.
When it comes to learning to hedge, just take your time and keep checking if you are straight. When moving your hedger up the face of a hedge, angle the blades slightly inwards and this will help to creat a easier and straighter cut, but with alot fo things, just have to keep practising.
Hope that helps.
Have a great day.
Can you do this with a leylandi with brown spots?
Hey
I would treat the brown spot first before undertaking it. Best to always have your plant and good health before hard cutting,
All the best in 2024 👍 😃
@@mowtime Hi, how do you treat the brown spots?
Nearly hedged his beard in the first ten seconds 😂 carefull my friend. ✌🏽❤️🇬🇧
Haha it is getting long.
Have a great day 🙂👍🏻
@@mowtime hey my friend. Thanks for reply. I watched you entire video. Marvellous and some really valuable tips. I will now subscribe. Thanks ✌🏽❤️
What is an average width for an hedge? I'd like to plant a beech hedge and I can't figure out how wide is going to be and therefore how far from the fence I should plant it.
Hey mate
Apologies for the slow reply. Have been flat out.
It depends on your starting pot size, but anywhere around the .5m between each is fine for quick hedge establishment. Keep me posted with how you are going. Sorry again for the slow reply. 👍
Hi, can this be done in winter time, January, or do I have to wait until march and onwards. Thanks
Hi
Sorry for the slow reply. Always best to wait till the growing season to do a hard cut back. That way it fills back in quickly and healthy. 😃
Hi there.Will my thick stems grow back again?
Hi
It can depend on the health of the plant, positioning and plant variety. If it is a Murraya, they are pretty hardy plants and will recover. Depending on the factors I mentioned will depend on the speed of recovery.
Hope that was helpful.
Thanks.
Ben 😃
How Long is the Battery Time on The Trimmer and Size of Battery?
Hi
I run the AP 300 for my equipment. This battery with the HLA 66 will get you up to about 3 hrs run time.
Have a great day.
Thanks
Ben
so i should set aside around 3 months to do mine then ?.. i have 170+ meters in length and 4.5 meters tall lol
What time of year is best to do this drastic cutting?
Hi James.
Apologies for the slow response.
Best time is in the growth time. I normally hard but back around september/october. Just make sure you feed the plant and make sure it is in good health before getting into it.
Have a great day
You didn't reduce the height! Or did I miss something?
Hi Daisy
No I didn't reduce the height on this one as it was being kept at that height. Just the side needed to be cut right back. The process is the same.
Have a great weekend 😀
How can I make my hedge more fuller from the bottom?
Hi Luis
Having a thick hedge depends on a number of factors. Position (how much sun it receives). Whether the plant had been trimmed early in growth to promote thick growing etc. A common problem is the hedge will grow thick on top not allowing sunlight down to the lower portion, hence thinning out on the bottom. A way to thicken the lower section unfortunately is to give the top a hard trim down and allow sunlight through through to basically start growing the hedge again. Just make sure to feed the plant (bother slow and quick release fertiliser) well pre and post trim.
I hope that was of some help. Keep me posted with how you go.
Have a great day.
Ben 😀
Thank you
I will .
LD Best time for Edge reduction please
Hi Louis
Best time is start of Spring. Just make sure the pant is nice and healthy before doing it.
Have a great day.
Thanks for the support.
Ben 😃
Mine's a conifer hedge 8 feet high, how do I reduce it !?
I cut mine right back and had a landscaper laugh at me saying “you know that’s never growing back”.
Apparently if you cut them back to brown they’re done 😢
Hi
Conifers are a lovely variety of plant. Very popular for good reason.
When reducing a conifer, you can just lop it off at the height you want. If you are removing a lot, than I would recommend giving the plant a good liquid feed two weeks prior just to make sure it is healthy and ready to take the chop.
Hope that was of some help.
Have a great day 👍🏻🙂
Can i kill my hedge cutting it bk to far with clippers..?
Hi
Apologies for the delayed response.
No. It should be fine. Just remember to feed the plant regularly and best wait till spring to start a reduction.
Have a great day
No, I cut mine back hard. I was told it may die but it was high and blocking sunlight. The next spring the leaves came back and after few years now it high and the width is full. It needs another hard cutback.
I did this 2 days ago
Hi David
Nice. Where you happy with the end result?
Ben
Is there a reason for step 2 - Finish poorly cut branches with clean sharp cuts. ?
would it still grow if you did not do step 2 ?
Hey mate
Yes it still will, but this just decreases this risk of diseases forming and also helps with new growth. Murraya are pretty hardy, so you can definitely get away with out doing it, but I recommend at least going through with some sharp secateurs and clean cutting the most poorly cut branches.
Thanks for watching.
Have a great day. 👍 😀
Than was
Yes it is a pain in the butt...cutting..clean up.. I like to keep mine about 5 ft tall and 36 in. Wide I just walked in the front and the back mark it with spray paint and cut from there thinning and topping out, the problem I have found that other trees and poison ivy work their way into the bush then and it's hard to get out between all the runners..grrr... I don't I don't know what kills Poison ivy and other trees but won't kill the Privits..
Hey mate.
Yes that is a pain. Most of the time have hand dig it out. Thats what I ahve done in the past. Or possibly paint the leaves with glypho.
Happy new year. 😃
And fertiliser is not going to help if u don’t have tops lol
i saw you do almost nothing....
Hedge is a mess he’s thinned it out on the side just a bit too much going to take years to restore that back to full again
Hi Alan
I think you may have missed the point of this video. It is demonstrating the process of performing a reduction on a hedge. Which means pruning it right back to where it needs to be in order to continually maintain it at that point.
Hope that was helpful.
Have a great day.
Thanks
Ben. 😃
Please stop talking so much
Thanks for the feedback. Have a great day. 😀
Blah blah blah, do it
Hi Erica
I don’t understand your comment, but thanks for it anyway.
Have a great day 👍🏻🙂
Instead of rambling on why not show us how you did it...you are big on talk but not much of anything else.
Hi Dom
Thanks for the feedback. Will take it onboard for future educational videos.
Have a great week. 😀👍🏻
@@mowtime Look i didnt want to appear rude but i really think you can improve so much by actually showing your viewers the way you do your jobs!
@@dombarton2483 you sound very rude
@@wilhelmthiem4288 my question was very valid.
That’s pretty rude!