On 24/09/2019 09:07, harry wrote:
On Monday, 23 September 2019 13:54:38 UTC+1, Andrew wrote:
On 23/09/2019 07:37, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 06:59:52 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 23/09/2019 02:08, Bill Wright wrote:
Along a hedge I have a group of five forty-year-old laylandii. Three
have died, probably because they were over-run by ivy. I'm going to pull
them out. But what can I put in their place? I want something fast
growing. It doesn't matter about the new ones being intruder-resistant
because I'm also going to have a strong fence along there.

Bill
Datstest grwires are...leylandii.


Yes, leylandii are the datstest grwires :-) Besides, it would look odd
to have something different there.

But it would be worth improving the soil where the old ones were.
After 45 years it will be pretty impoverished. Dig in plenty of
compost before you plant the new ones, either your own garden stuff if
you make it or a bag or two from your local garden centre.


even that Kubota is going to struggle removing the stump of a
45-yo leylandii.

Tip for Bill. Leave about 6 foot sticking out above ground, so
you have something to apply leverage after you have dug around the
base and chopped the roots with an axe.

Or hire a bloke with a stump grinder.

Cheaper and easier.
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ree+stumps+out

Yeah great. All you need to do is move to America where the ground is
tinder dry and it will work. I have burned out a pear tree stump using
potassium nitrate to preload it so it will smoulder deep underground.

His solution basically lopps it off at just below ground level and
probably only really works for resinous pine trees at that. It might
just work on leylandii stumps if he loads them up with KNO3 during the
winter and waits until a long dry midsummer spell to set light.

Eventually I had to dig the remaining roots out anyway since they
started sprouting suckers from each detached underground piece.

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Regards,
Martin Brown