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Trimming your hedges helps them stay healthy, encourages new growth, and lets you shape them to your liking. However, a big pruning job can definitely leave behind a lot of yard waste that you have to clean up when you're done! Luckily, there are ways to make your life a lot easier when it comes to cleaning up hedge trimmings.
Here are 10 pro tips for cleaning up after trimming your hedges.
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QuestionWhat is the proper way to prune shrubs?Mike Garcia is a Licensed Landscape Contractor and the Founder of Enviroscape LA, a full-service landscape design and construction firm in Los Angeles, California. With over 30 years of experience, Mike specializes in sustainable landscape practices. Mike holds an Ornamental Horticulture degree, C-27 Landscape Contractor and D-49 Tree Service Contractor licenses, and Permaculture Design, California Naturalist, International Certified Professional Pond Contractor, and Pond Building certifications. He is one of eight Internationally Certified Pond Builders in the world. Enviroscape LA has won landscape and water feature awards from the International Professional Pond Contractors Association (IPPCA), National Association of Pond Professionals (NAPP), and the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA). Mike is a past president of the CLCA and currently serves on their local Board of Directors. Enviroscape LA has been featured in PONDS USA Magazine, Pond and Garden Lifestyles Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. Mike has appeared on Extreme Home Makeover, HGTV's Landscapers Challenge, and A & E's series Fix That Yard.There's a couple of ways to trim shrubs, you can either do hand pruning with a shrub, it's a more natural way to trim a shrub, it's holding the branches and then you trim them. That's if you want a shrub that's going to end up being round. Another way to trim a shrub is called laced out, where you take selective cuts. Once you are done lacing out the shrub, you can add special light effects underneath the shrub that's been laced out. This provides a really beautiful effect against a wall.
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Tips
- Prune your hedges in winter or early spring, when there is generally less foliage. [11] X Research sourceThanks
- Clean your pruning tools after trimming by soaking them in rubbing alcohol or a solution of 1 part bleach and 10 parts water. [12] X Research sourceThanks
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Warnings
Wear safety glasses and gloves to protect you from debris during trimming and cleanup. [13] X Research source
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- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=23&v=lQBudOnXqFM&feature=youtu.be
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- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQBudOnXqFM&t=123s
- ↑ https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/9-tricks-for-fast-and-easy-fall-yard-cleanup-49405
- ↑ https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/yard-waste.aspx
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