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Hawthorn Hedge Planting – Tip 1
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February 9th, 2009 by 
julian
A lot of people will tell you to spray the weeds off before planting a hawthorn hedge.
Don’t bother. Use woven polypropylene weed prevention fabric instead. Cut the undergrowth short, put the fabric down where you want to plant the hedge and weigh it down with stones. If you want to be really tidy, push a strip about 2″ (5cms) wide of the fabric into the soil with a spade down each edge and at both ends (there is a good film on how to plant a native hedge on our site).
You slit the fabric where you want your hawthorn plants and plant as normal. No weedkillers, no regrowth. And no need to water as it acts as a mulch as well. Over the 2-3 years it takes your hedge to establish this is an amazing labour saver and will cost you less than the weedkiller bill over the same time.
And, if you need them, we can supply the hawthorn hedging plants too….
Sit back and watch your hedge grow. Enjoy.
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One Response to “Hawthorn Hedge Planting – Tip 1”
February 10th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Stumbled on this post yesterday – bit sad really – but we are planting 1000 hawthorn hedge plants at the farm. It is all correct and definitly the best way to plant them as there is no maintenance of them afterwards.
Just a tip though, the polyprop goes all over the place when you are pushing the edges into the ground. Stretch it out, put a heavy weights on each end (stones) and then stand ON the fabric to keep it in place while you jam it into the ground.