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Privet hedge

stephanie.phoenixstephanie.phoenix Posts: 4
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Will it harm a privet hedge if I cut off all the blackberries. There are hundreds of them.

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  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511
    No
    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    It would be much easier to give it another few weeks, when it has put on it's Spring growth, and then just trim the whole thing.  Are you worried about the berries being poisonous, to a dog, for example? If so, it's highly unlikely they would eat them.
  • stephanie.phoenixstephanie.phoenix Posts: 4
    Thank you for your reply. No its not that im afraid of animals eating them. There are loads if them i feel they will take the goodness from the hedge. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They won't  :)
    Surprising that the birds haven't had most of them though.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • stephanie.phoenixstephanie.phoenix Posts: 4
    That surprised me as well but they dig up the lawn instead to get the worms. 😁
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    If they're digging up the lawn, and it's mainly the crow family, it's leatherjackets they're after rather than worms  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • stephanie.phoenixstephanie.phoenix Posts: 4
    Thanks for the info. 
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