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Help! Laylandii in trouble

ajdoug50ajdoug50 Posts: 2
in Problem solving
Hi all,

Put these in about 3 months ago and over the last few weeks they have gone brown and brittle.

Does anyone know what it is and is there any way back for them??

Thanks.


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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Lack of a proper border, and lack of water.
    They'll have needed loads of water right from the start, and they'll have been deteriorating for a while, but you need to have room for them too- the grass is competition, and a fence can also be a rain shadow. 
    Wrong time for planting - autumn into winter is always better for hedging, even in reliably wetter parts of the country. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    There’s no way back, you may as well take them out sooner as later.
    The others will grow to 30’ in all directions so they’ll soon fill in the gaps.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ajdoug50ajdoug50 Posts: 2
    Fairygirl said:
    Lack of a proper border, and lack of water.
    They'll have needed loads of water right from the start, and they'll have been deteriorating for a while, but you need to have room for them too- the grass is competition, and a fence can also be a rain shadow. 
    Wrong time for planting - autumn into winter is always better for hedging, even in reliably wetter parts of the country. 

    Oh dear. Thanks.

    When you say "lack of a proper border", what do you mean?
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The grass removed - about three feet of it, and the remaining soil prepped well before planting. You would add compost, rotted manure, leaf mould etc, ie - organic matter. That improves the soil itself and give the saplings a good start. 
    No matter how perfect your site, soil and climate are, it's false economy to take short cuts when planting hedging - or anything else.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Dig out a border about 3’ deep,  remove all the weeds and grass then plant the trees 3’ away from the hedge,  not sure if you know how these trees grow,  they  need to be pruned right from the start or they’ll be enormous and you can’t cut into the wood,  they don’t green up again once they’re cut.
    Heres an example in my garden,  good until the winter winds split them.


    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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