A garden is certainly not a place of permanence. Do you also enjoy making new changes? A hedge is a decent privacy screen, but needs to be dug up and moved in the event of disease, major remodeling, or simply for creative remodeling. With the following instructions you can easily do this.
Digging up large hedge plants is a challenge
The work steps at a glance
- Choosing the right time
- Expose the trunk
- Cut the trunk
- Cut the roots
- Get the roots out of the ground
- The conversion
Choosing the right time
Actually, August is the perfect month to dig up a hedge. However, the law prohibits any significant encroachment on the popular breeding grounds of many birds during this time. It is therefore only permitted to dig up a hedge from October to February. However, you can ask the local building authority for a special permit.
Expose the trunk
To make it easier for you to get to the trunk later to pull the bushes out of the ground, you should uncover them by removing twigs and twigs that are in the way. Depending on the thickness, use different tool such as
- hedge trimmer
- pruning shears
- Or chainsaw
Cut the trunk
Ultimately, you chop down each individual bush with a small handsaw or hatchet.
Cut the roots
To prevent new shoots from forming, you must now remove the roots. Since these can become quite firmly anchored in the ground over time, some preparation is required. Cut through the thickest roots with well-aimed spade cutting. Then try to get them out of the ground as best you can with lever movements.
Get the roots out of the ground
Once you have loosened the roots sufficiently, you can now pull them out of the ground with your hands. If you still don't succeed, it is best to use ropes or rent a small excavator.
The conversion
You can now transport the roots to the new location in a wheelbarrow and put them back in the ground there. All other plant parts are suitable as firewood or are disposed of on the compost.