Re: Hedge removal

[nigel16]

I ahve a very old Privet hedge that I estimate is about 50 years old. I

> has been cut back harshly at least 3 times but although it is only > feet tall, it has had its day. Sadly I would like to remove the hedg > as my neighbours dog uses the now large gaps as access to my garden an > I have decided to replace it with a comparatively bland garden fence. > I would like to know it I have to remove the Privet at root level o > can I cut if right down to ground level and trat the root to sto > regrowth?

No-one offereing any answers then

[Ann]

nigel16 expounded:

Nigel, I never saw the first post. You will have to continue to cut it down until the root peters out. Better to remove it root and all.

[Phisherman]

Dig it out with a pick axe.

[symplastless]

Stump grind

[TOTB]

One I paid a kid to dig out, awful job but it was gone.

The long one on the terrace, the kids took out by tying it to the back of think it was a land cruiser back then; they may have dug around a little, I don't remember. Nothing ever popped back again from it.

For years I left it in grass, now I have tomatoes there and next year plan some roses and perennials. I can always grass it over again if I want. A fence usually means concrete to anchor the posts, am tired of that in my yard, hard to get out later. Probably most people leave it in.

The guy who used a little tractor to plow the strip for me was concerned about concrete in post holes. I remembered where they were when we had a fence, mostly not there. When he was done, I pulled a huge concrete form out of there that was way older and the wrong shape for the fence posts I ahd at the time.

Good riddance.