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Hugh beech hedge

Sue143 947Sue143 947 Posts: 3
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please can anyone tell me when’s the best month to hard cut back a beech hedge it’s getting so wide and needs a good hair cut x

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  • Sue143 947Sue143 947 Posts: 3
    Thank you hopefully the weather maybe better tomorrow so can get in the garden 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Fine to do it now, once you've checked that there are no nesting birds in the hedge ... it would be illegal to do anything that might disturb them if they have started nest building.  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Sue143 947Sue143 947 Posts: 3
    Been looking can’t see anything but will defo be taking it back steadily 
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    If you're cutting it back hard, best to do one side only this year, and the other side in a year or two's time, otherwise it gives the hedge too much of a shock.  Plus the neighbours can see through it...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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