Vital Hints And Tips For Hedge Cutting And Hedge Pruning

By Author: Dylan Emerson
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Hedges are commonly used in defining garden boundaries and limits, but at times hedges have been grown and modified to shape up in to green structures which could resemble an iconic figure, a piece of art or even you could find a name carved out of planned placement and trimming of hedges.

Hedge trimming does require a special set of garden equipment and gear. Most importantly you need to go for hedge shears, garden stakes of varying sizes, strings, gloves in case of thorny hedges, safety glasses to protect your self from flying twigs and particles. If your hedge pruning requirement is on a smaller scale, you could do it manually with a set of gardening shears. For large scale trimming requirement it would be best to invest in a powered trimmer which use rechargeable batteries or electric trimmers.

It helps if you have basic knowledge on plants and hedges. There are a lot of factors on which hedge trimming depends on such as

Type of the hedge - Evergreen or deciduous shrubs
Age of the hedge - Young Hedge or Old & Matured Hedge
Purpose of pruning or trimming of the hedge - maintaining the ...
... garden limit or beautifying the garden
Season/ Time of undertaking the trimming activity - Before summers or winters

Ideally, trimming of young hedges is done after 3 weeks of their planting. This enables to shape and grow up well especially laterally. New hedges should be trimmed off just above a few inches off their top, in order to encourage new and lateral growth. In case you are undertaking trimming of established hedges you need to study their shape and opt for trim accordingly. For leveling hedges, you should seek the aid of a stick and rope to ascertain the desired level, else you may trim off more than required leading to a messed up looking hedge. In case of shaped hedges, detailed study is essential for only the outgrowth has to be trimmed else you will land up with a distorted shaped hedge which gives your garden an untidy look.

It is recommended to cut hedges during mid or later summers, which gives them enough time to grow back before the winter sets its. Hedge trimming activity has to be spaced out regular intervals, else you may land up with an over trimmed hedge front which is not desirable by you on any count.

Keeping in mind so many points and tips while undertaking hedge trimming could become slightly complicated and difficult affair especially if you have no one to mentor you over the same. At such times, you could always enlist the services of garden maintenance people who offer to do the same for you at nominal cost. They arrive at your garden site on the predetermined time, undertake the hedge trimming activity and even dispose of the clippings for you leaving your garden immaculate and neat at all times.

Do log on to the Internet and check out many garden maintenance and allied service providers you offer to do an impeccable hedge trimming task for you. You could always ask for quotes from a couple of them and compare them before choosing a final one. At this point asking for referrals also helps in choosing the most suitable garden service provider. If you really like the hedge trimming task undertaken by them, you could always fix up the next scheduled visit for the same.