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[sh-hgeg]

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.

[ThatGardener]

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

[thomasnichols]

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

[TomOConnor-BlobOpera]

Guess what I'm doing this weekend!

[andrewkennan]

I noticed you didn't use any root growth/dipping gel, is this really need'd before planting a barer root plant

[cindyleenoble]

Brilliant clear hedging for dummies. Thank you so much

[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.

[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...

[ACuriousSquirrel]

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?

[richardwaldron]

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

[Shaggy]

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 YouTube 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!

[skyehamilton]

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

[russfleischman]

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

[michellenewlands]

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?

[achnix]

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

[chrisdowning]

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.