Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tnanks Douglas. The kind of information I need :-) They are replacing spruce that got that nasty bug and died in a fortnight two years ago. Felling them was heartbreaking. As to my fingers, they?re safe for at least three or four years as the hornbeam twigs I planted last year must first anchor their roots, and only then will they grow faster I think. I?ll keep you tuned on my/their progress. Thanks again. Amities Philippe > Le 5 mai 2020 ? 19:15, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : > > Philippe, > The distance from the trunk of each individual beech to the tip of each > branch at the the cut face is about 70cm approx right now, according to my > tape measure, but, if you trim it back in August, it apparently doesn't > encourage growth. However, cutting or pruning it during the dormant season > will promote a far more vigorous growth. Our hedge cutting man comes in > August, restores it to shape, and disappears until the following August. > > I understand that hornbeam is very similar, but don't go on what we do > over here as our climate is slightly different to your one which probably > has slightly hotter summers and colder winters. That may change the > optimum trimming and pruning times. Remember that we inherited the hedge > here so didn't grow it, and are only the maintainers! > > Keep safe and don't cut your fingers off when trimming your hedge. > Douglas > hedging his bets > > On 05/05/2020 12:36, Philippe via LUG wrote: >> Thanks for the updates Douglas. >> >> Seeing your hedge, and since I planted some younglings last year >> (hornbeam and also marscescent), I wondered how thick yours are, and if >> tigs reappear after (severe) trimming. My main concern is we used to, in >> a former house, have tuhjas that had gone so thick that we had to pull >> them out and replace. Here I want to keep them as slim as your servant - >> note that I did not use the word skinny, after confinement ... >> TIA >> >> The tartan of the blanket used by your son?s wife reminds me of my own >> clan ... >> >> Keep safe. >> >> Amities >> >> MacPhilippe >> >> >> >>> Le 5 mai 2020 ? 00:26, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : >>> >>> May 1st the International Day of the Worker saw me out working in the >>> garden trying to satisfy the exacting horticultural standards of the >>> bourgeois despot I live with, so only two images. I was going to sing >>> "We'll keep the Red Dot flying here" but had to settle for my Sony A7II >>> and 55/1.8 FE Zeiss Sonnar. The images can be seen larger if desired. >>> >>> Our beech hedge is greening up with new growth, and birds' nests. >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_Beech+hedge+greening+up.jpg.html >>> >>> My son and his wife try to stay warm with rugs after delivering our >>> weekly big shop. >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_A+and+S+and+rugs.jpg.html >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information