When, how much and how often?

When does a hornbeam hedge need fertilization?

Already at Plants of the hornbeam hedge you should ensure that there are sufficient nutrients in the soil. Fill the planting holes with ripe compost. Even Horn shavings(€ 32.93 at Amazon *) is well suited.

With good soil preparation, you don't need to fertilize in the first spring.

The hornbeam hedge is then supplied with fertilizer twice a year - preferably in spring and July. If the hornbeam hedge has grown in well, it supplies itself with nutrients via its deep-reaching roots and no longer needs to be fertilized.

The right fertilizer for hornbeam hedges

• Ripe compost
• Horn shavings
• Bark mulch
• leaves
• Liquid fertilizer for hedges
• Slow release fertilizer for hornbeam hedges

If you do not have your own compost in the garden, you can safely supply the hornbeam hedge with fertilizer you have bought for hedge plants for the first few years.

When giving long-term fertilizers, it is sufficient if you fertilize the hornbeam hedge in spring.

Most of the foliage of the hornbeam does not fall off until spring, when the plant sprouts again. Let them leaves just lie. They act like a natural mulch blanket.

That is why it makes sense to mulch hornbeam hedges

In the case of a hornbeam hedge, it is advisable to use the soil Mulch(€ 13.95 at Amazon *) to cover. Mulch has several functions, all of which are beneficial to the world Hedge health impact.

The material decomposes and releases nutrients that supply the hornbeam hedge. The mulch keeps the surface nice and loose so that the soil doesn't compact. Weeds can hardly emerge, what the Care of the hedge additionally facilitated.

Hornbeam hedges are absolutely hardy, but the drought makes them in the winter to accomplish. Placing a mulch blanket prevents the soil from drying out too much. You don't have to water your hornbeam hedge in dry winters.