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Repair hedge (physical damage)

shaunlou9766412shaunlou9766412 Posts: 3
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Looks like something has caught my hedge and pulled it pretty heard leaving damaged plants and a bit of a hole.  
Are we best leaving it to do it’s thing or can we help it along?
It’s a narrow lane (dead end) and Gigaclear are currently putting in fibre with wagons that are probably a bit too wide (either that or a vehicle that had no space to turn around has gone into it when reversing).

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Is it privet? If so, the good news is, it will recover in time. If the bit that's pulled out of place isn't actually broken off, try pushing gently back into place. some canes pushed in might help it to stay there.
    Can you get hold of some traffic cones or big stones or something to put on the verge in front of the hedge? That might discourage people from driving too close, although if it's the back end of a turning truck doing the damage there's probably not a lot you can do.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Just to add to the good advice above, I would use a pair of sharp secateurs to make clean cuts if there are torn or broken branches, just to help prevent rot and bacterial infection. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • shaunlou9766412shaunlou9766412 Posts: 3
    Thank you both.  It’s a bit of a mixed hedge - mainly privet (looking a bit old) with some hazel and dogwood through it.  
    The hedge opposite (around a farmers field) has been encroaching further and further into the lane, which doesn’t help (did contact the landowner at the start of the summer).  
    I’ve popped out and cut out the damage and tried to lift and weave anything that looked ok back in. Finger crossed with time that will work.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Farmers aren’t allowed to do hedge work between the end of February and the beginning of September unless it’s posing a real danger to traffic. 

    Because there have many instances of farmers being incorrectly reported the authorities by well intentioned folk, for doing necessary work for road safety, many farmers now wait to be notified by the Highways authority before any remedial hedge work between those months … so hopefully your neighbouring farmer will be cutting his hedge back in the winter when he does his other hedge work  🤞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • shaunlou9766412shaunlou9766412 Posts: 3
    Dovefromabove said:
    Farmers aren’t allowed to do hedge work between the end of February and the beginning of September unless it’s posing a real danger to traffic. 
    That’s not really the issue.  He’s only cut it once in last 4 years.  
    Not really worried about it but it does make a narrow lane (7ft wide at most in some parts) a good couple of feet narrower. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Not all farm hedges are cut every year … that’s quite normal. But if it becomes a problem it might be an idea to have a word with Highways, or get your local councillor to do so. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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