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Hedge trimmers and just go careful. Touch up at the end with secateurs.
Hedge trimmers. Done late summer is best. Pruning is good for reduction and re-facing.
A note of caution. If you want to reduce the width of a beech hedge, prune one face at a time over a year or even two. This ensures the hedge can recover adequately from the shock and put on some growth.
Depends on the age of the wood you're cutting. A (good) reciprocating machine will handle 10mm, two to three year-old wood, no problem. We used to retain our older machines for the grunt and the neweer machines for the fine work and tidying up.
As Seth says, use secateurs too.
chris said:
Hi Chris,
We usually use secateurs, with a good pair you can get a fair rate of knots up and you are always cutting back to a node with a neat cut, which in turn should reduce die back and encourage good re-growth.
If you have large diameter wood, then get the pruning saw out or chainsaw and be selective with where you make the cuts.
Once you get into it, its surprisingly quick.
There is only a branch every 8-10 inches up a plant so not that many to cuts on each plant.
chris said:
I use Felco secateurs and loppers, not the cheapest but do a great job.
They also do an assisted pair these days.
Felco.com
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