In message , Robin
writes
On 28/07/2019 10:55, Andrew Mawson wrote:
"fred"Â* wrote in message
...

I want to plant a bare root hedge. This will entail digging a trench
18€� deep alongside a flower bed. Can a mini digger excavate a
trench without the two tracks straddling the line of the trench ?
Why dig a trench at all? I've planted hundreds of yards of bare
root hedging, usually native species such as white thorn, black
thorn, crab apple, dog rose etc. and I've never dug a trench. The
sequence is: Spade in to full depth , wiggle spade, drop bare root
whip in already wearing an anti-rabbit wrap, carefully insert cane
down into wrap avoiding the root, press spade cut back together withÂ*
boots, move on to next. After about 2000 plant have a shower and
several cans of Old Speckled Hen. Process has worked for me over the years !


Spend weekend battling with neighbour's out-of-control black bamboo*;
read how Andrew knocks off 2000 bare root stock at a rate of nearly 3 a
minute (assuming a 12 hour day - with no breaks!); feel inadequate;
make inroads into a robust Malbec; end up no less inadequate - just
less feeling

I've just moved some to our new garden as a screen from the stables.
Somewhere recently I read it is now considered a notifiable weed!
The bit I moved was an outgrowth from the main plant. About 1m
underneath shingle and black plastic mulch to the sapling and a second
sharp spike penetrating the mulch 500mm further.

*I reckon I won on points


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Tim Lamb