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I planted a beech hedge two years ago. It's doing ok-ish but not exactly thriving. The best word I could use to describe it is scraggly. Or patchy. Last year some of the plants didn't take at all and produced no leaves whatsoever. ( @RedOnion here suggested I might have planted them too deep and I think this might well be the case. ) However even most of these are now producing buds and even some leaves so all might not be lost.
It's now the time of the year when the leaves are turning green and I'm wondering if a dose of fertilizer would be a good idea. And if so, what type, bonemeal, 10-10-10 etc etc?
It's good soil, neither too wet nor too dry. Plants are about six inches apart and have grown very little upwards - from about two/three feet when planted to about three/four feet now. A near neighbour planted a similar hedge four years ago and it's really thriving, nice and leafy, and more than six foot high. He uses a soaker hose (in dry weather only) but hasn't used fertilizer except at the initial planting stage. We both got the plants from the same nursery so it's hard to figure out what I might be doing wrong.
Or am I overthinking this and should I just let nature take its course and it'll come right in time?
It's now the time of the year when the leaves are turning green and I'm wondering if a dose of fertilizer would be a good idea. And if so, what type, bonemeal, 10-10-10 etc etc?
It's good soil, neither too wet nor too dry. Plants are about six inches apart and have grown very little upwards - from about two/three feet when planted to about three/four feet now. A near neighbour planted a similar hedge four years ago and it's really thriving, nice and leafy, and more than six foot high. He uses a soaker hose (in dry weather only) but hasn't used fertilizer except at the initial planting stage. We both got the plants from the same nursery so it's hard to figure out what I might be doing wrong.
Or am I overthinking this and should I just let nature take its course and it'll come right in time?