Went
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Hawthorn and Blackthorn HedgeAbout to plant up a new hedge after receiving a load of new hawthorn and Blackthorn bushes free:.........I plan to plant them about 3mtrs from a building is that ok?......also spacing, planning a double row of about 5 plants per mtr....
Any advice welcomed...
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Green Rosie
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3m from a building should be fine but do not let the hedge get too tall and do not plant any larger species in it. For a double thickness hedge 5 or 6 a metre is just right.
Lucky you getting free plants - we've just bought 1000 and although we did get a good discount it has still us a fortune.
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Rob R
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Re: Hawthorn and Blackthorn Hedge | Ian33568 wrote: | | Any advice welcomed... |
Find a skip and put the blackthorn in it 
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BahamaMama
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What and miss out on the sloe gin 
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Went
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Re: Hawthorn and Blackthorn Hedge | Rob R wrote: | | Ian33568 wrote: | | Any advice welcomed... |
Find a skip and put the blackthorn in it |
Not too keen then Rob?....is there a specific problem with it?
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joanne
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Rob has quite alot of blackthorn hedging and its quite invasive into the fields throwing out suckers - its definitely not his first love!!!
The sloes on the other hand from it are fantastic  - Mind you we got so many just from one bush which thought it was a tree - we didn't need to go any further - Gil has made use of them as well I think
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Green Rosie
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Blackthorn is really good at making an inpenetrable hedge but suckering can be a problem. Hopefully you have got more hawthorn but enough blackthorn for sloes
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Rob R
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It is just high maintenance, make sure you stay on top it! An overgrown hawthorn hedge is more forgiving, blackthorn is difficult to handle & impossible to lay, if left to it's own devices for a few years.
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