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Hornbeam hedges

Andrew.maiseyAndrew.maisey Posts: 3
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it May be best to cut these with secateurs as recommended but as mine I ten foot high and thirty yards long is it possible to risk the electric hedge trimmers. I only have one life!

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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Hello Andrew,

    I am responding to bump your post up the list in the hope that someone with more expertise than me will see it and can advise you!

    I think that pruning with secateurs is recommended because hedges like hornbeam have large leaves and can look scruffy with lots of leaves chopped in half, that then brown, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it, but perhaps the height of a hot summer is not the best time to get the hedge trimmer out, autumn, maybe?
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • Andrew.maiseyAndrew.maisey Posts: 3
    Thanks Nollie, unfortunately I have had to cut the hedge back as it was getting a little too exciting. I’ve done it and it looks ok despite the dry weather. Not as dry as where you are but still.. if it’s dead I will let you know. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Just saw your thread Andrew. I had a lovely hornbeam hedge in a previous garden - always done with hedgetrimmers or shears. No issues. My Dad's beech hedging [which was monstrous ] was always done with hedge trimmers too. 
    Sadly, the new owners have taken it all out and replaced it with lleylandii.... :/:#
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Andrew.maiseyAndrew.maisey Posts: 3
    Well when they’re 80ft high they’ll regret it
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