JDog Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 This is the result of yesterday's hedge flailing. I do not know of any other Elm hedges in these parts. Such a pity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Well it needed to be done, it will grow back thicker and I doubt there was a long queue of volunteers offering to do it by hand with a little more care! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 46 minutes ago, JDog said: This is the result of yesterday's hedge flailing. I do not know of any other Elm hedges in these parts. Such a pity. It looks awful but give it a year or two and you'll never know. It might actually save it, Elm only tend to get DED once they become more prominent and are easily noticed by the bark beetle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Every Elm here over about 15ft is dead in this town. I'm estimating I've got to take out 2-300 odd trees out of all our hedges this winter as the council hasn't bothered do to any tree works for years, and as for Ash die back..... That hedge will look lovely and better than what I deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Next year that will come back thicker ans a nice mulch at the bottom , surely suit nesting gamebirds ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 looks awful.............the hedges around here get done like that...but they look lovely and healthy and thick now...much better for nesting birds......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted October 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Bigbob said: Next year that will come back thicker ans a nice mulch at the bottom , surely suit nesting gamebirds ?. Elm is a tree and is not designed to be a hedging plant, unlike for instance Hawthorn. It will not sprout from the bottom and I suspect that it's value as a hedge has been diminished greatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Only time will tell! I doubt that is the first time it has been aggressively trimmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I doubt that is the first time it has been aggressively trimmed. Which is why, I guess, it still exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Elm apparently lays well and shoots well when layed. Layed elm doesn't seem to suffer elm disease nearly as easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Could have used a better cutter than a flail. Its smashed it to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 in the old days when i cut hedges, we had the finger bar cutters look nice after it was cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 8 hours ago, JDog said: Elm is a tree and is not designed to be a hedging plant, unlike for instance Hawthorn. It will not sprout from the bottom and I suspect that it's value as a hedge has been diminished greatly. I can assure you it hasn't, there was an empty plot down the road from me that had a elm hedge that had been left to grow into a row of scraggly trees. Our contractor smashed it back to sticks for the new owner and it looks a great hedge now. I'll take a picture when I remember, left to get too tall it would definitely succumb to Ded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 Set a reminder on your phone for 18 months' time to go and look at it again. It would make a very interesting comparison. I have never seen elm hedges round here, I see a lot of beech hedges, particularly copper beech, and they look splendid when well managed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 I'm often surprised how bad the hedges look after they've been cut/smashed, I always try to be really careful leaving clean edges, but the hedges always look good again the year after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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