http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/225.aspxAn area for questions, queries and conversation on general gardening topicsCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 30415.43)http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/thread/16785.aspxThu, 28 Feb 2008 12:51:51 GMT067b4958-8d6e-4ae0-88b5-4af491fdf8f2:16785Plantman0http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/thread/16785.aspxhttp://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=225&PostID=16785I cut my Carex down every year by about 75%. I have never had a problem with them coming back. Plantmanhttp://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/thread/16776.aspxWed, 27 Feb 2008 21:26:54 GMT067b4958-8d6e-4ae0-88b5-4af491fdf8f2:16776mollythewitch0http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/thread/16776.aspxhttp://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=225&PostID=16776Thanks Digger for such a prompt reply, I will do just that.http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/thread/16775.aspxWed, 27 Feb 2008 21:23:57 GMT067b4958-8d6e-4ae0-88b5-4af491fdf8f2:16775Digger0http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/thread/16775.aspxhttp://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=225&PostID=16775Hello Mollythewitch, I would wager that the carex should recover give a good nitrogen feed in springtime and it should bounce backhttp://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/thread/16774.aspxWed, 27 Feb 2008 21:21:50 GMT067b4958-8d6e-4ae0-88b5-4af491fdf8f2:16774mollythewitch0http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/thread/16774.aspxhttp://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=225&PostID=16774I 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?