Whilst we enjoy the start of spring and the warmer weather, I thought we would take a look back over what has been happening during winter at Readyhedge behind the scenes. Aside from dispatching thousands of meters of hedging destined for new homes, the winter at Readyhedge is always a busy time! Below we take a look at all just some of what has been going on at the nursery over the past few months. 

A look back at what we’ve been up to during winter at Readyhedge

Production is in full swing with the main potting of our Readyhedge Troughs. Over a 6-week period we will pot over 50 000 young plants making over 8,000 metres of hedging.  Most of this will be offered for sale in the autumn, with some destined to be potted up into our Readybags. This year we have also increased the amount of peat free troughs produced, some for general sales and trough trials, and some to be potted on to make sure they will still perform to our high standards when grown for 2 more years in a Readybag. Since the start of the year, we have also potted over 2,000 Readybags of mixed hedging, Fagus and Carpinus ready for next years sales.

On the nursery there have been some exciting changes, with an increase in-house production, we have created a new bed at the furthest reaches of the nursery. This new bed will hold another 4,000 metres of trough production. Looking at it when it’s empty you wonder how long it will take to fill, however in practice, two staff members have filled the space by hand in just over a week!

With the increased demand we are seeing for pleached trees, we have also been looking at space saving alternatives on our tree lines. Although not possible nursery wide, we are trialling a diagonal approach allowing us to increase the number of trees we hold by 100% in suitable locations! 

With the root ball season drawing to a close, we expect the last few orders of our field grown Taxus to be shipped in the coming weeks. With stock still available, please don’t hesitate to contact us with any last-minute requirements.

So what’s next? Readybags potting will trickle on over the next few months and we will begin our spring/summer routine of trim, weed, sweep, repeat! Here’s to the next season at Readyhedge!