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Last post 28-02-2008 12:51 PM by Plantman. 3 replies.

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  • 27/02/2008 09:21 PM
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    I have just cut down my Carex elata because it was looking a bit motheaten. As sods law would have it, I then read the next day that sedge grasses shouldn't be hard pruned like this. Will it recover I wonder?

  • 27/02/2008 09:23 PM
    • Digger
    • Northern UK
    • 18 Jul 2005
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    Hello Mollythewitch, I would wager that the carex should recover give a good nitrogen feed in springtime and it should bounce back

    digger Devil Sage of the fells
  • 27/02/2008 09:26 PM
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    Thanks Digger for such a prompt reply, I will do just that.

  • 28/02/2008 12:51 PM
    • Plantman
    • North Yorkshire
    • 30 Jan 2008
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    I cut my Carex down every year by about 75%. I have never had a problem with them coming back. Plantman