Hawthorn Trellis Hedge

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

Perhaps, today you cannot find a summer resident or gardener who would not like to have a beautiful and reliable green fence on his site. And this is not just a tribute to fashion, but also the need to get rid of the old and slovenly made fence, devoid of even a hint of taste.

Making a decision is not at all easy, since there are several types of hedges, and the names of trees and shrubs suitable for this business cannot even be enumerated. If we analyze the available experience and literature, then the author and a number of other owners of garden plots consider the trellis to be the best hedge, and the hawthorn is the best plant for it. And that's why.

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The trellis fence, judging by experience, is the most reliable, durable and decorative. These qualities are given to it by the formation of plants in two shoots, binding to supports (trellises), binding and splicing of shoots and the formation of a dense network of diamond-shaped cells by branches. You can grow a hedge this way. 1-2-year-old seedlings are planted according to the scheme 20 x 30 cm in one row along a temporary fence with poles horizontally located at a height of 25, 35 and 50 cm. Either immediately after planting, or after a year the plants are cut "for reverse growth", then eat on a stump 10 cm high.

Of the newly grown shoots, only the two strongest shoots located in the plane of the trellis are left. A year later, these shoots are oriented in opposite directions at an angle of 40-50 °. In this case, the shoots of neighboring plants are crossed among themselves and for better accretion in the places of their contact, part of the bark is cut off, and the combined areas are tightly wrapped with ribbons of plastic wrap and coated with garden pitch. The entire structure is attached to the lower transverse pole, cutting off the branches protruding beyond this border.

Based on the experience of one of my neighbors who has such a hedge, I think that instead of the laborious cuts of the branches mentioned above, it is enough to twist and tie them together. Growing up over time, the branches grow into each other's tissues and their self-grafting takes place, and it is very durable.

And in the spring of next year, the two strongest shoots are again left, which are also crossed with neighboring shoots and tied at a height of 35 cm. After another similar operation, the garter is made to the third pole, after which the hedge is sheared as usual and brought to a height of about 1.2 -1.5 m. From the sides it is cut in such a way that the width does not exceed 30 cm. Over time, all the shoots not only grow together, but also thicken, and the windows-cells between them overgrow. As a result, the hedge becomes almost impenetrable, while occupying a minimum width (30 cm) and in no way infringing on the crops grown on the site.

We emphasize that the trellis hedge manifests all its qualities primarily thanks to the hawthorn, and not to any of the hundreds of them, but primarily to ordinary or smooth, which has a whole range of advantages over other plants. It is distinguished by high winter hardiness and resistance to unfavorable soil conditions, it tolerates drought and darkening well, has a good shoot-forming ability, perfectly tolerates a haircut.

Its advantages also include a long leafing period, reaching 150 days, and the durability of preserving the shoot-forming ability, which is almost 100 years. The hawthorn shows its best advantages on drained fertile sandy loams and loams, as well as when fertilizing with organic (2-3 kg / m2) and mineral (15-20 g / m2) fertilizers in autumn or early spring. At the same time, the hawthorn blooms well and bears fruit, and the fruits are formed on the branches of the last year, which should be taken into account when cutting, the last date of which should be no later than the end of July.

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It is best to create a hedge in early autumn, and in the first year you can do without trellises, and then put poles as the plants grow. If there are difficulties with the poles, then you can do with waste in the form of rails driven vertically (see figure). For planting hawthorn, a trench is torn off, the width and depth of which should be about 50 cm. A soil mixture consisting of equal parts of compost, peat and trench earth is applied to its bottom with low soil fertility. Saplings are planted according to the scheme discussed above.

In conclusion, we emphasize that since the hawthorn fully meets all the most stringent requirements for plants for a hedge, a trellis hedge based on it will not only well protect the site from domestic and wild animals and from prying eyes, but also give it beauty and comfort.