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Beech hedge

malcm07malcm07 Posts: 3
in Problem solving
Beech hedge established for twenty plus. Now have a problem with a line of leaves browning along the length approx 30mtrs.

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Someone has sprayed something. How long ago was the pavement dug up?
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I would cut out every browned leaf. New leaves should grow soon to replace.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I still think it is something applied. They have either used a spray to mark a line, or someone has gone along with weedkiller.  I would still cut out all brown leaves, and hope it wasn't glyphosate.

  • malcm07malcm07 Posts: 3
    Ok thanks for your help Malcilm 
  • borgadrborgadr Posts: 718
    edited June 2023
    Seems a bit too perfectly straight and contained to be from deliberate spraying (I could be wrong..). Same height all along and nothing has dripped onto the leaves below..  I wonder if they were using some machine to lay or flatten the tarmac that was spraying out hot steam (or something) from a nozzle at exactly that height as they pushed it along the pavement.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    edited June 2023
    Very good idea borgadr. That s probably a lot less damaging long term than paint or weedkiller.  I would still cut back the dead leaves to encourage new ones to grow to fill the gap.  If the people that dug up the pavement are in the vicinity still, have a word.

  • malcm07malcm07 Posts: 3
    Only one word would do!!! Thanks 
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