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- Tips on how to get the privet denser
- How do you get the privet denser?
- Cut, cut and cut again
- Conical shape of the privet
- Pour after cutting
- Tips
A regular pruning ensures a dense hedge
Tips on how to get the privet denser
Many a garden owner is surprised that the newly planted privet hedge grows nicely upwards, but more and more shallow below. To get an opaque hedgerow from privet, you must cut the shrubs regularly. With these tips you get your privet denser.
How do you get the privet denser?
The reason that the privet always gets more and more bare below, is that the shrub gets too little light below.
On the other hand, the privet needs a regular cut, especially at the beginning. Only then does he push out many new branches that make the privet denser.
Privet is not an evergreen plant. Most species lose their leaves in autumn and winter and drift again in the spring. Some varieties, such as privet, still retain the leaves for a long time in winter and do not discard the leaves until spring.
Cut, cut and cut again
To get the privet denser you often have to resort to pruning shears. This starts already after the new planting. Shorten the shoots by about two-thirds of the length. This may hurt at first, but is necessary so that the Privet will later be opaque.
In the first years, you have to prune privet at least three times, in spring, August and again in autumn.
Later, a two-time cut will be enough if you make the privet out at the same time.
Conical shape of the privet
In order for the privet to be opaque even below, it is better not to cut it in a square shape, but in a conical shape. As a result, daylight also reaches the lower regions of the shrub so that more leaves grow there and drive out new branches.
Pour after cutting
If you have cut the privet, treat it with a good dose of water. He needs it to have more power for the new engine.
Tips
You should not dispose of the incision made when cutting back the Liguster. Mince it slightly and just leave it under the privet. This results in an excellent green manure.