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Price :£69.95
Often overlooked when planting a hedge is the damage caused by vermin, of which the chief culprit is the rabbit. In addition to the rabbit is the vole which eat through the stems of small trees. In recognition of this fact, our 0.6m (2ft) economy hedge guards and supporting cane are designed to offer cost effective protection for your hedge against this damage. Other beneficial properties that hedge guards offer are that they accelarate the vertical and horizontal growth of the trees and protect the leaves of the trees against weedkillers which can be carefully used around the base. Extreme care is required in using all weedkillers so that their spray drift does not land on the trees. These guards appear at first sight to look very similar to our economy tree guards. The difference is that our economy hedging guards allow the hedging trees to easily grow not just vertically but horizontally, an important factor in creating a successful hedge quickly. Of many other animals causing damage to trees, deer and the hare are worth consideration in terms of an appropriate tree guard. Of course many animals will cause damage to and eat trees. Some common pitfalls are planting hedges too close to a fence where livestock can reach over and eat the trees. We would recommend that a hedge is planted and kept at least 1.5m from the hedge are so to avoid this. An alternative option in protecting the hedge is to ring fence the hedge with rabbit netting. We do not sell rabbit netting but any builders merchant should be able to help in its supply.
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