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- Tips and tricks for hedge trimming in winter
- Do not wait too long
- Hedge cut at the beginning of winter
- Cut hedge when spring comes
Hedges should not be cut at minus degrees
Tips and tricks for hedge trimming in winter
Because the flowers in your beds retire in the winter, you can devote all your attention to your hedge. To make them green with the first rays of sunshine, a pruning in the cold season is recommended. Nevertheless, you must pay a lot of attention. How to cut your hedge in winter, read here.
Do not wait too long
The right timing is the nuts and bolts of hedge trimming. Choose the wrong time, and you may do more harm than good to your shrubs. Plants also undergo a period of rest in winter in which they discontinue their growth. For a hedge in winter, therefore, recommend
In both cases you must not wait too long.
Hedge cut at the beginning of winter
From mid-October to November, good weather conditions prevail for pruning the hedge. Now the sky is mostly cloudy, your trees do not threaten to dry out. Remember that every cut is an injury that is very sensitive to sunlight. Likewise, the opposite, ie massive cold and frost, has negative effects on the development of your plants. In particular bushes, such as the boxwood, which are driven out again after a hedge trimming are endangered. Therefore, do not push the hedge trimming in front of you, but use a mild, cloudy autumn day.
Cut hedge when spring comes
The fact that some branches die off in winter does not stop there. If the thermometer climbs back up in early February, it is high time to remove brown branches to give your hedge a neat appearance. With a radical cut you bring the trees back into shape. This is now the best time, as your hedge has not yet awakened from its "hibernation" and you do not hurt too many young shoots. Only for early flowering you should wait, because they are cut after the first flowering. Then, however, only a shape cut is possible because the law allows a radical cut only until the end of February. Especially in spring, your hedge is a popular place to nest birds. If you breach the protective measure, you must expect a fine.