Hey there thanks for this! Unfortunately I did not understand the bamboo sticks part at all. You laid them on the ground but didn’t show us how…were they point to point in a triangle? I never saw them again or knew how their center marks guided you. They seemed to be under the shrub…I’m confused.
Do boxwood do well with reshaping? Looking to convert them from a round form to a more conical form to allow the lower branches to get more light. I would need to carve quite a bit off the top and wasn't sure if that would stress a boxwood or not?
Mostly no. They tend to be naturally roundish or taller and thin. You can shape them but it would be hard to get a round one to tall or tall one to round.
I have several pairs of pruners but none is quite as smart as the one in the video. Over the last few days, I trimmed out lots of yew, box, brambles, cherry etc from the back garden. Way over a thousand cuts by my estimation, and some of them through wood about an inch in diameter. Hand did pretty well. No serious pain. Not bad fora 65 year old piece of bio-mechanics.
A question ... the plastic grip ? Why ? did you have ever tried to prune using only your thumb placed in the right position and using only the tips of the fingers as the other part of the grip ?
Hey there thanks for this! Unfortunately I did not understand the bamboo sticks part at all. You laid them on the ground but didn’t show us how…were they point to point in a triangle? I never saw them again or knew how their center marks guided you. They seemed to be under the shrub…I’m confused.
Do boxwood do well with reshaping? Looking to convert them from a round form to a more conical form to allow the lower branches to get more light. I would need to carve quite a bit off the top and wasn't sure if that would stress a boxwood or not?
Mostly no. They tend to be naturally roundish or taller and thin. You can shape them but it would be hard to get a round one to tall or tall one to round.
Difficult and painstaking work 👍, isn't it easier to use a brushcutter?
I have several pairs of pruners but none is quite as smart as the one in the video. Over the last few days, I trimmed out lots of yew, box, brambles, cherry etc from the back garden. Way over a thousand cuts by my estimation, and some of them through wood about an inch in diameter. Hand did pretty well. No serious pain. Not bad fora 65 year old piece of bio-mechanics.
A question ... the plastic grip ? Why ? did you have ever tried to prune using only your thumb placed in the right position and using only the tips of the fingers as the other part of the grip ?
God job👌
How long it’s take to grow to this size
They grow about 3-6 inches per year so it depends how big they are to start