So that a beech hedge reaches privacy height more quickly, you can accelerate growth. Read here the best tips on how to promote the annual growth of hornbeam and common beech as hedge plants.
How can I speed up the growth of my beech hedge?
To accelerate the growth of a beech hedge, you should apply organic fertilizer in spring and prune the hedge professionally in March and June. Compost and horn shavings promote growth, while vigorous pruning increases sap pressure and thus sprouting.
How can I accelerate the growth of my beech hedge?
The best way to accelerate the growth of a beech hedge is through organicfertilizationand professionalpruning.
This strategy achieves a double effect: the administration of important nutrients stimulates growth across the root area. Nitrogen in particular, as a natural engine of growth, works wonders if your beech hedge does not sprout. Cutting back the shoots stimulates the growth, as you know from trimming a hornbeam hedge every year.
How can fertilization accelerate the growth of a beech hedge?
Organic fertilizer accelerates the growth of a beech hedge with a naturalLong-term effect Compost initially serves as a valuable source of food for soil organisms and microorganisms. These busy growth helpers break down the nutrients and produce rich humus, which the roots of your beech hedge use as growth energy. How to properly fertilize hedge plants:
- The best time is in spring.
- Fertilize weak beech hedges with 3 liters to 5 liters of mature compost and 100 grams of horn shavings per square meter.
- Apply a soil activator before or after.
- Mulch the root area with nettle leaves as an additional source of nitrogen and to protect against drought.
How can cutting speed up the growth of a beech hedge?
Cutting a beech hedge causes aincrease in sap pressure in every shoot and accelerates growth. This knowledge is based on a tried-and-tested growth law that achieves visible results after every hedge trimming. With this cutting technique you can accelerate the growth of your beech hedge:
- Cut slow-growing beech hedges at the beginning of March and the end of June.
- In the first step, clear out all dead wood.
- Run the hedge trimmer along the sides from bottom to top.
- Leave 5 cm to 10 cm from the previous growth.
- Rule of thumb: the stronger the pruning, the stronger the growth.
Tip
Pruning accelerates the growth of bare-root hedge plants
A planting cut ensures that your beech hedge grows quickly and opaquely. As hedge plants, bare-root hornbeams and copper beeches in particular benefit from pruning on the day of planting. Cut back all unbranched shoots by half. The optimal cutting point is a few millimeters above a bud or a sleeping eye.
