Hi when you have a wooden fence like on this job iwould take measurements from the top and spray marker point on the hedge a a guide that way the hedge is level with the fence or in some cases I run a string line
Hi Simon! Yeah, 30" 82R and loppers for the top. She cut a good 1.5" into the fence board before I saw it too...🤭 Think I arrived about half 2 or so, maybe heading for 3pm, so wasn't all that much daylight left. Fenix head torch was much brighter in reality than it appears on screen, so was fine to get the job rid up. Wouldn't want to go starting in the dark mind you!! Thanks for watching and the comment, appreciate it 👍
Hi Dave. Frustration and worry. It was a new job to me that I hadn't even seen. I'd been asked (phone call) to trim it and arrived when the customer was out. When I saw how much of it was brown, combined with it being bumpy, I knew I couldn't leave it how I wanted to with a simple trim. Customer wasn't there to ask if I could try to "fix" it. So was left thinking I should have walked away, and called again to agree a plan. Was worried I'd not be allowed to try and I didn't want to just trim it as it was...but I'd already started cutting. A wee low moment of frustration and worry! She came home shortly after that and turned out to be a real nice lady who totally got it and was more than happy for me to do what I thought was necessary, so all is well that ends well. But thought I'd landed myself in a fix.
I'm no expert at it either; we all just have to keep picking up bits of knowledge here and there, then do our best. Its not so much that the plant itself is dying; if you look inside any conifer which has a dense outer layer, you'll find the brown. The way I think of it in my head; but I could be wrong, is that the green needles are infact leaves. Leaves that are required for the plant to do the photosynthesis thing and the other bits leaves do for plant growth. Brown needles are essentially dead leaves. So the brown ones won't do their leafy duties. So if you cut off all the green, then you'll end up killing the plant. So the brown is dead leaves, but not normally dying plants (Although it can be if the plant was dying). Hopefully that makes sense.
Hi, yes, you'd be able to cut back and trim any cypress; but note if you go back into the brown, that area won't grow again. So if you're dramatically topping it, for example, you have to accept that the top probably will never green over again. Sometimes, if there is some small green growth in the area, you can let it fill out, or let some from beside the brown bit grow over it to cover that bit. So yes, you can certainly cut them back, but its critical you stay within the "green" growth to avoid it going all brown on you.
There's quite a few people with agree with you there! But sure, then I'd be out of work!! The customer does appreciate that they're a bit unweildy, but there a bit of sentimental value to them and she's just not wanting to start in to dramatic things. Fair cost to rip out, chip and replant too. Annual trimming mightn't get them perfect, but I'll do my best for her and hopefully we can try making a silk purse...
Really liked how they looked. And the music😊😊😊😊😊
Thanks! Hoping to give them another trim in a few months, so will do a follow up video (All being well) to see how they look now.
That’s an excellent job mate some people don’t relies how hard conifers are when your up there
Thanks, yeah, they get so dense and thick and it ends up hard going!
Looks fantastic!!!
Thanks. It'll take some time, but I hope we can get them tidied up some more.
Brilliant job well done
Thanks very much Jean!
Pretty good considering you finished it off with a head torch
Hi when you have a wooden fence like on this job iwould take measurements from the top and spray marker point on the hedge a a guide that way the hedge is level with the fence or in some cases I run a string line
Thanks for the tip, I normally just go by what looks about right!
Hedge turned out well
Thanks! Hopefully we can get it sorted out a bit more
Great job….
Thanks. Can only try our best some times
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Great job 👏. Must of been using the R's on the top of the hedge. What time did you arrive @ ? I've never cut a hedge in the dark 😆😆
Hi Simon! Yeah, 30" 82R and loppers for the top. She cut a good 1.5" into the fence board before I saw it too...🤭
Think I arrived about half 2 or so, maybe heading for 3pm, so wasn't all that much daylight left. Fenix head torch was much brighter in reality than it appears on screen, so was fine to get the job rid up. Wouldn't want to go starting in the dark mind you!!
Thanks for watching and the comment, appreciate it 👍
Great job mate but why would you be thinking about walking away.......because it was brown???
Hi Dave. Frustration and worry. It was a new job to me that I hadn't even seen. I'd been asked (phone call) to trim it and arrived when the customer was out. When I saw how much of it was brown, combined with it being bumpy, I knew I couldn't leave it how I wanted to with a simple trim.
Customer wasn't there to ask if I could try to "fix" it. So was left thinking I should have walked away, and called again to agree a plan. Was worried I'd not be allowed to try and I didn't want to just trim it as it was...but I'd already started cutting.
A wee low moment of frustration and worry!
She came home shortly after that and turned out to be a real nice lady who totally got it and was more than happy for me to do what I thought was necessary, so all is well that ends well. But thought I'd landed myself in a fix.
I dont have a great deal of experience with conifers, can i ask, when they are brown like that ate they dying?
I'm no expert at it either; we all just have to keep picking up bits of knowledge here and there, then do our best. Its not so much that the plant itself is dying; if you look inside any conifer which has a dense outer layer, you'll find the brown. The way I think of it in my head; but I could be wrong, is that the green needles are infact leaves. Leaves that are required for the plant to do the photosynthesis thing and the other bits leaves do for plant growth. Brown needles are essentially dead leaves. So the brown ones won't do their leafy duties. So if you cut off all the green, then you'll end up killing the plant.
So the brown is dead leaves, but not normally dying plants (Although it can be if the plant was dying). Hopefully that makes sense.
@@moweroutdoors Yeah I see what your saying, and whether its dying or not you still made it look good! Good work👍🏼
@@takeresponsibility89 Thanks very much! Be going back to it soon, so keen to see how it looks after almost a year.
Could this be done with an Arizona Cypress?
Hi, yes, you'd be able to cut back and trim any cypress; but note if you go back into the brown, that area won't grow again. So if you're dramatically topping it, for example, you have to accept that the top probably will never green over again. Sometimes, if there is some small green growth in the area, you can let it fill out, or let some from beside the brown bit grow over it to cover that bit.
So yes, you can certainly cut them back, but its critical you stay within the "green" growth to avoid it going all brown on you.
Nice work, next step rip them out ta frig, you'll never be done with them
There's quite a few people with agree with you there! But sure, then I'd be out of work!! The customer does appreciate that they're a bit unweildy, but there a bit of sentimental value to them and she's just not wanting to start in to dramatic things. Fair cost to rip out, chip and replant too. Annual trimming mightn't get them perfect, but I'll do my best for her and hopefully we can try making a silk purse...
i killed mine by cutting of to much, it will never grow back again
Unfortunately that's very easy done. All you can hope is to let any green come out and extend over the dead stuff. Or remove and plant a fence...