Talkback: How to cut back ornamental grasses

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• irenem Posts: 1

  November 2011

  I really enjoy the how to do video clips but am infuriated by the preceeding advertisement. Is there a way of avoiding these adverts? This morning I have a message saying the adobe flash plug in has crashed. Hopefully it is the car in the advert and I shall see it no more!

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• janesc Posts: 2

  July 2013

  "Now is the right time to..."
  
  When?!? When is the right time? I don't know when this clip was first broadcast! How about dating them or giving a month at least in the title, please, Gardeners' World?

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• Obelixx Posts: 30,049

  July 2013

  Good point about dates.  For anyone who doesn't know, ornamental grasses - except groups like Carex which only need raking through to remove dead growth - should be cut back in late winter/early spring before the new growth starts to come through but after serious frosts and snow have gone so Feb/March depending on region and weather.

  Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
  

  "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."

  Plato
  

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• Tricia Muddyboots Posts: 29

  September 2013

  My ornamental grasses break off in he wind and blow all over the garden, seeding themselves where I don't want them, so I cut mine down in late October.

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• Linda Sweatman Posts: 4

  February 2015

  Carol, thanks for these Super tips x

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• Clarington Posts: 4,949

  February 2015

  Verdun: I gave my grasses a trim last night while repairing dog related pot holes. They're all ever greens but looked very untidy after combing them through and retrieving tennis balls.

  What fertiliser would you recommend for grasses? They've had b&b before but would sometjing else be better?

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