Re: TRIMMING
- Subject: Re: TRIMMING
- From: L* J*
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 16:50:27 -0500
Hi Pam,
Only use the electric trimmers on formal hedges or topiaries where you want
a geometric look.
Otherwise, get out the hand trimmers and do the shrub a favor. Electric
trimmers create the "crew cut" look because the shrubs will grow thickest
where they'be been pruned. This ends up eventually shading out the bottom
which gets thinner and thinner, so you have a poorly shaped shrub unless
you know how to prune correctly.
And with the current trend in landscaping going for the natural look, you
probably won't want to get that boxy look from the electric ones.
And best of all, pruning with your hand pruners is SUCH a stress relieving
activity! You can't reduce stress trying to manage noisy hedge-trimmers!
Try it, you'll see! It's really fun.
Lynn
At 09:43 AM 8/12/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Have been told it may not have been prudent to trim my bayberries with an
>electric hedge trimmer. (They are all dying but don't think that is the
>reason.) We have inkberries and yes they are great slow growers, but now
>six years later they need to be trimmed down in height. Should we use
>the electric hedge trimmer and be done in five minutes or is it better
>for the bush to get out the manual clippers?
>
>Pam
>Zone 6
>Cape Cod
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