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Beech hedgeing
I cut my beech hedge last Thursday and yesterday I noticed that a lot of the leaves have started to go brown its 8 years old
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It may be worth giving it a good watering and some mulch, but l will admit to being no expert on beech hedges.
Hopefully bumping this up will draw the attention of a beech hedge expert.
Welcome to the forum by the way
Unless there's already something wrong with it , of course, but beech is usually quite resilient.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
This year, so far, we have been free from the pest - blame the weather (Surrey).
But last year was bad. I can diagnose other peoples infestations from my car.
The symptoms are:
The leaves become a bit shrivelled up and sticky with fine cobwebbing on the back
With a magnifying glass you can see the mites (what Americans call, two spot mite )
In the autumn the leaves fall. Just what you don't want on a beech hedge.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
about 16 years ago.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The RHS entomolgists called it "European Spider Mite", but offered no practical advice as to how to spray a hedge. He took away samples, but never reverted.
This year I was prepared to spray affected areas with home-made rapeseed oil emulsion. Cheap enough for the large amount of hedging I have. But not (yet) needed.
2020 autumn. it was spreading locally (Surrey).
PS. How do you get your location to appear?
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I am pruning now. I start in June with the sides, as soon as the new growth starts to grow out (inceasing hedge width). I come back in July and August to do the tops after seconary growth is almost stopped, and give a tidy-up to the sides.
This year, I am behind having missed a lot of time through, 1. hot sun, 2. constant rain or lingering wet.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."