Hedge growth inhibitor
Gavin Hunter
inhibitor to great effect. I own or am responsible for cutting a great deal
of hedge! Sadly Cutlass appears to have been withdrawn for some reason. Can
anyone suggest an alternative growth inhibitor please? It certainly makes
life a LOT easier for me and my tired little hedge trimmer! Thanks.
Mary Sinclair
under the Scotts label . When I remember it first it was I.C.I. then Zenica
then Miracle now Scotts . If you are looking for Levington, Fisons, Murphy,
Shamrock, Monsanto (Roundup) They all come under the Scotts label. Some
still retain their original brand name and some have been changed but you
will find that the product name stays the same.
If you are going to be using a large quantity of growth regulator you would
be better to get a commercial product from a horticultural or agricultural
supplier. Anything with dicegulac sodium as the active ingredient would have
the same effect as Cutlass which only comes in 250ml size.
Hope this helps
Mary
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Jon Rouse
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>I recently sprayed my privet hedge with Zeneca Cutlass hedge growth
>inhibitor to great effect.
Does it work on Leylandii?
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Mary Sinclair
Cutlass can be used on Leylandii and all hedges over 3 years old excluding
Yew, Box, Viburnum, Roses (except R rugosa) and 'Myrobalan' plum.
Joan
<10156...@compuserve.com> wrote:
>I recently sprayed my privet hedge with Zeneca Cutlass hedge growth
>inhibitor to great effect. I own or am responsible for cutting a great deal
>of hedge! Sadly Cutlass appears to have been withdrawn for some reason. Can
>anyone suggest an alternative growth inhibitor please? It certainly makes
>life a LOT easier for me and my tired little hedge trimmer! Thanks.
I got a brochure today from N A Kay's Horticultural Products in
Cleator Moor, Cumbria offering Cutlass at £6.90 for 250mls. They are
on 0194 681 4174 if you want to give them a ring to see if it's still
on offer.
Joan in Bramhall (Cheshire)
Susie Thompson
>On Sat, 15 Jan 2000 10:29:08 +0000, "Gavin Hunter"
><10156...@compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>>I recently sprayed my privet hedge with Zeneca Cutlass hedge growth
>>inhibitor to great effect. I own or am responsible for cutting a great deal
>>of hedge! Sadly Cutlass appears to have been withdrawn for some reason. Can
>>anyone suggest an alternative growth inhibitor please? It certainly makes
>>life a LOT easier for me and my tired little hedge trimmer! Thanks.
>
on me that Cutlass might well help to keep our side of the ginormous
privet hedge on one side of our garden under control. Next door don't
clip or maintain the hedge at all, and it's growing forever upwards. The
hedge is about 140 feet long, and very high - up to 15 feet in places.
Does Cutlass just work on the bits the spray touches, or if we spray the
bits we can get to, will it spread it's way upwards through the hedge
and inhibit the growth of the topmost fronds? Or am I just hopeful?!
Thanks for all the information that you've posted to urg so far. When
is Cutlass best applied? When the hedge is coming out of dormancy or
when it is growing strongly. Where we live, the hedge never really
becomes completely dormant, and always seems to have active growth
somewhere or another. TIA.
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Susie Thompson
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Mary Sinclair
Choose a calm dry day. Trim to the desired shape, then spray within 5 days.
Do not spray more than once in a season. All growth to be controlled has to
be sprayed to run-off.
Joan
<clou...@nospamcloudsley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>I suddenly started taking lots of notice of this thread when it dawned
>on me that Cutlass might well help to keep our side of the ginormous
>privet hedge on one side of our garden under control. Next door don't
>clip or maintain the hedge at all, and it's growing forever upwards. The
>hedge is about 140 feet long, and very high - up to 15 feet in places.
>Does Cutlass just work on the bits the spray touches, or if we spray the
>bits we can get to, will it spread it's way upwards through the hedge
>and inhibit the growth of the topmost fronds? Or am I just hopeful?!
>
>Thanks for all the information that you've posted to urg so far. When
>is Cutlass best applied? When the hedge is coming out of dormancy or
>when it is growing strongly. Where we live, the hedge never really
>becomes completely dormant, and always seems to have active growth
>somewhere or another. TIA.
We have a similar problem. We just cut the hedge down to the level we
want it and reach as far across as we can. This leaves our neighbour
with a tall, straggly, thin hedge-top which they either cut when they
get round to it or it tends to lean over into their garden.
Instructions from Cutlass package:
"The hedge should be at least 3 years old. Treat only actively
growing hedges with plenty of green foliage, usually from late May
onwards. Chose a calm dry day. Trim lightly to the desired shape,
then spray within 5 days. In hot weather it is best to spray in the
evening. Do not spray more than once a year"
If your hedge is very thick and tall it may be a good idea to give it
a good hacking back now - you'll probably end up with a hedge of twigs
but they'll soon start to grow leaves again in the spring. (Or would
this damage the hedge irreparably - ours seems to recover) Then in May
you can give it the light trim the Cutlass mentions and then spray it.
Joan in Bramhall (Cheshire)
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Jeff Layman
> can l buy it
Not in the EU. Possibly if you are in the USA.
There are many different chemicals available now. Many years ago in the
UK there was a product called "Cutlass", which was a growth inhibitor
for hedges (it increased branching at the expense of branch length, so
it thickened hedges). It contained dikegulac, but this was removed from
the market years ago.
If you are still interested in what might be available in the USA, you
can find some information here:
https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/ho/ho-248-b-w.pdf
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Jeff
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