Hedging jobs pay well for a professional because quite often the cleanup is half the work. There’s a lot to it. Imagine cleaning up after trimming a 100m hedge. That’s a big job. Using a hedge trimmer is fun and you do have to pinch yourself at times that you’re getting paid to use it. For the cleanup everyone has their preferred method. I usually keep a wheel barrow beneath the hedge & when I’m finished cutting I rake everything up in conjunction with a leaf blower as well and put all the clippings into the wheel barrow load after load and empty it into my trailer. The drop sheet method is a good one too. People use what works for them.
Just keep in mind that you might want to trim it narrower at the top and wider at the bottom so that the lower branches get enough light to keep leaves. If you trim the tops wide enough to shade out the bottom you will end up with naked branches holding up a leafy canopy! Think miniature tree form. Unless that’s what you’re after. You can always limb up an overgrown shrub to give it a miniature tree form and so you can plant beneath it.
What kind of shrub was that? I need to cut mind right in half. Will it be okay to do this? Do you have a "way after" picture of the shrubs when they came back from the cut?
I've used an electric B & D trimmer for years. It's been a workhorse but I no longer am, and wanted to make my job easier. czcams.com/users/postUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG Around the corners, the small side yard etc. was a pain to run the cord out to, so I bought this thinking I'd use it for touch-ups and hard to reach places. Well, I haven't used the corded one since!This is so light weight and so much easier. It has all the power I need because I start wearing down after about 20 minutes and I haven't run out of battery yet. It takes about two hours to charge. I've used it about twice a week for a month and still have line left too. My favorite feature is the blade inside the shield that keeps the line trim to where I don't even have to think about it. You can see from my pic that it's been heavily used and I probably should clean it more often. Very happy with it.
Omg! I so feel you. Just moved into a house we attempted to pull out 3 overgrown and dying hollies! I met my match...think they just about physically did me in. I wish I had just left them 🙄
Hey man I’m trying to cut my time down because time=money with landscaping, what do you do with the tarps and the debris that are on them once you are finished?
As an experienced landscaper the only thing I see here is that maybe the customer wanted the bushes below the windows it was overgrown so this bush had to be hacked I’m not a fan of hacking bushes like this but it’s the only thing that comes to mind as to why it was cut so low
i’d recommend you use the green dumpster bags instead of tarps they can hold more, are thicker, and you don’t have to worry about stuff falling out cause it’s a bag and you can use the handles to tie the bag shut
wow... big job..... but I noticed lots of "dead" in those hedges when you were done with the cut. I'd think you have to cut more into the dead to find life in the stems so it grows out? Just wondering.... Let me know. Thank you!
@@HandyGuy2016 Not true at all some of that hedge will never come back, and its really susceptible to drought now so you'll have to water- John, Guardian Angel Tree Service
Not everyone is just lazy...some people don't know how to do what he did and some people are elderly or disabled. Not everyone has a trimmer like that, and some people work very hard at their job and don't want to spend their whole weekend doing that stuff.
I work 10 to 12 hours every day, then I have to take care of my pool every day so on the weekends I want to relax and enjoy some free time for this reason I hire a landscaping guy.... Also, I want to support other people's businesses.
Will they eventually fill out again? They look pretty ugly like this, just a bunch of sticks, mostly. I recognize they absolutely had to be cut back, but if this is what they'll look like forever now, I'd say just cut them out and start over.
I hen I saw you go next door and blow the driveway I knew you was genuine that’s me all day not going to do the hair. Their job is certainly not going to blow it in the neighbors yard or in the street you clean up well and I think that means more than anything its presentation.
@@HandyGuy2016 hummm... how doni get a ceder grow on the inside after a trim? It over grew so I had to trim it back significantly to where it was brown on the inside. Now it's not filling out those gaps. 😒
Our professional landscape company asked today if we are ok with them using hedge trimmers to cut back overgrown rhododendrons at our condos.. is this even safe for the Rhodies?
Don't use hedge trimmers on anything except a hedge. That type of pruning destroys the structure of shrubs. Prune with hand pruners, branch by branch, always cutting back to a branch or bud. Use a saw on big branches, if necessary.
Yeah it still doesn't look good. The bushes doesn't look healthy. It looks like it needs to be cut all the way down and let it start to grow again but not high this time.
I set up like that when i cut my hedges. Believe it or not we hav hedges in Az. See how you practice safety for the job, ear muffs, face covering and attire. 👍🏜
Good change. Those were well overgrown. Nice use of tarps.
Bro, thank you. Literally the only video on the Internet that shows how to deal with the clippings.
Hedging jobs pay well for a professional because quite often the cleanup is half the work. There’s a lot to it. Imagine cleaning up after trimming a 100m hedge. That’s a big job. Using a hedge trimmer is fun and you do have to pinch yourself at times that you’re getting paid to use it. For the cleanup everyone has their preferred method. I usually keep a wheel barrow beneath the hedge & when I’m finished cutting I rake everything up in conjunction with a leaf blower as well and put all the clippings into the wheel barrow load after load and empty it into my trailer. The drop sheet method is a good one too. People use what works for them.
MAN YOU DID THAT. ONE OF THE BEST VIDEO FOR OVER GROWN BUSHES
.... so just cut it 😂😂 came here to learn how to trim mine.. now I'm not even scared. Good to know it'll all fill back in. Thank you lol
No problem
Just keep in mind that you might want to trim it narrower at the top and wider at the bottom so that the lower branches get enough light to keep leaves. If you trim the tops wide enough to shade out the bottom you will end up with naked branches holding up a leafy canopy! Think miniature tree form. Unless that’s what you’re after. You can always limb up an overgrown shrub to give it a miniature tree form and so you can plant beneath it.
@@SJLamb-te3dt good advice, thank you for the information.
Same here lol
Brutal, but much needed. Thanks for sharing.
It didn't take very long before it needed trimming again.
love seeing windowing opened up
Wow ! 😲 you’re a man with a vision ! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 great job! 🏋🏽♂️🏋🏽♂️❤️❤️
Thank you
Killer cool video. THANK YOU!
What kind of shrub was that? I need to cut mind right in half. Will it be okay to do this? Do you have a "way after" picture of the shrubs when they came back from the cut?
Holy crap! There’s a house back there!
"Just a little off the top please 🙄"...That bush got a Covid -19 haircut 🤣
Yeah, it was a little over due.
I've used an electric B & D trimmer for years. It's been a workhorse but I no longer am, and wanted to make my job easier. czcams.com/users/postUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG Around the corners, the small side yard etc. was a pain to run the cord out to, so I bought this thinking I'd use it for touch-ups and hard to reach places. Well, I haven't used the corded one since!This is so light weight and so much easier. It has all the power I need because I start wearing down after about 20 minutes and I haven't run out of battery yet. It takes about two hours to charge. I've used it about twice a week for a month and still have line left too. My favorite feature is the blade inside the shield that keeps the line trim to where I don't even have to think about it. You can see from my pic that it's been heavily used and I probably should clean it more often. Very happy with it.
Nice. We like to shake whatever we are going to trim first to make sure whatever comes out to try to sting us does so on our terms - not theirs.
Thanks very much! I’m renting a house and the bushes are horrid! I’m cutting them this spring! >:)
Hey, great job! 👍🏼💚
Thank you
Great job
Still needs to come down to the sill of the window. But, much better than it was for sure. Wish I had that trimmer.
I would have brought it down farther but that is what the customer asked for.
Looks much better!!
Thank you
Great video
Thank you 😊
good job!
Just what i needed! What do toy do to the top when all u see are branches? Or do you just wait till it grows out?
It fills back out.
Which beast of a trimmer is THIS?!
Husqvarna 525
Nice job will sharp thicken back up that. I too use tarps for rubbish. Can’t understand people who don’t.
How long does it take so it looks decent again?
You did a very good job on these hedges,
I hope you at least cleared 250.00
Good job i know that work can be aggravating I had to cut down a big holly earlier gosh was some work i tell ya
Omg! I so feel you. Just moved into a house we attempted to pull out 3 overgrown and dying hollies! I met my match...think they just about physically did me in. I wish I had just left them 🙄
What kind of bush is that and how long before it looks good again? Thanks for the video
It's a very common shrub here, that grows extremely fast. We have to cut them back like this twice a year.
Hey man I’m trying to cut my time down because time=money with landscaping, what do you do with the tarps and the debris that are on them once you are finished?
City mulch pile or a burn pile of you have one.
would like to have seen them a couple months later to see how they looked
They looked the same 3 months later, and we have trimmed them back several times since.
@@HandyGuy2016 so basically, hedges are of the devil.
Good video man. I forgot the correct name but where did you find the face/neck shield from.
It's a face shield from SA Fishing.
Baclava
What kind of hedge trimmer is that your using works great
Husqvarna 525 series
What time of yesr did you do this? What a great tool!!
Spring
Will that cut once branches? If so will you give description of the tool?
Up to 3/4" diameter and it's the Husqvarna 525 series hedge trimmer.
As an experienced landscaper the only thing I see here is that maybe the customer wanted the bushes below the windows it was overgrown so this bush had to be hacked I’m not a fan of hacking bushes like this but it’s the only thing that comes to mind as to why it was cut so low
Those gas hedgetrimmers leave jagged cuts especially larger stems. Should’ve lopped inside shrub some and then shaped it up with hedgetrimmer
@@markb1100 agreed 👍
If you trim all the green off to just the branches, will the green foliage grow back?
On most shrubs that will kill it, but on this one it will grow back just fine.
What time of year would I do this?
Depends entirely on where you are and what type of shrub or bush you are dealing with.
i’d recommend you use the green dumpster bags instead of tarps they can hold more, are thicker, and you don’t have to worry about stuff falling out cause it’s a bag and you can use the handles to tie the bag shut
I actually have some of those now, and they are great!
It also depends where you live. Many communities (like mine) require paper yard waste bags for disposing of any outdoor natural materials.
wow... big job..... but I noticed lots of "dead" in those hedges when you were done with the cut. I'd think you have to cut more into the dead to find life in the stems so it grows out? Just wondering.... Let me know. Thank you!
This particular hedge grows very fast and is hard to kill or damage.
Was the customer concerned about the time it would take for the foliage to fill back in?
How long would that take Bud?
With that particular hedge, and it being Spring, probably a month.
@@HandyGuy2016 Not true at all some of that hedge will never come back, and its really susceptible to drought now so you'll have to water- John, Guardian Angel Tree Service
@@johnyates832 What species of shrub is it?
@@johnyates832 better to do at end of winter, whaddaya reckon?
@@ArbitraryLifestyle euonymus. He is right about it not coming back. That bush will probably die if they dont keep up on the water now
One mans laziness is another mans income!
Not everyone is just lazy...some people don't know how to do what he did and some people are elderly or disabled. Not everyone has a trimmer like that, and some people work very hard at their job and don't want to spend their whole weekend doing that stuff.
I work 10 to 12 hours every day, then I have to take care of my pool every day so on the weekends I want to relax and enjoy some free time for this reason I hire a landscaping guy.... Also, I want to support other people's businesses.
This is basically the landscay business in a nutshell.
Can you cut hollies the same way? Thx!
I don't have any experience with hollies, so I don't know, sorry.
What tool are you using? What brand?
Husqvarna 525 series hedge trimmer.
How much did you charge for the gig?
Not enough lol. This was only part of a larger job.
Just curious how those shrubs look now?
Needing trimmed again and have been trimmed since.
When mine got like that I took everything out & put stump killer no more shrubs for me only grass to cut😂
I like the way you think 🤣
What's the name of tool u are useing
Husqvarna Pole Hedge Trimmer
Is that a pole saw?
Hedge trimmer with a long handle.
Will they eventually fill out again? They look pretty ugly like this, just a bunch of sticks, mostly. I recognize they absolutely had to be cut back, but if this is what they'll look like forever now, I'd say just cut them out and start over.
I have to cut them back like that twice a year and they are filled back out within a couple weeks.
I hen I saw you go next door and blow the driveway I knew you was genuine that’s me all day not going to do the hair. Their job is certainly not going to blow it in the neighbors yard or in the street you clean up well and I think that means more than anything its presentation.
Just here for the music. 🎧
That middle shrub needs to be more even on top. Hope you didn't leave it like that.
Will it grow back?
Already needs cut back again lol.
@@HandyGuy2016 hummm... how doni get a ceder grow on the inside after a trim?
It over grew so I had to trim it back significantly to where it was brown on the inside. Now it's not filling out those gaps. 😒
@@DDDSSDDDSSDDDSS every bush/shrub is different and reacts to trimming differently.
shoulda got more 👍👍👍👍👍
Those hedges need to go! Way too large for that space. Front landscaping needs re-done.
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Good lord, what's left of that hedge? Its dead underneath lol
It grows ridiculously fast, I have had to cut it back like that a couple times since then.
@@HandyGuy2016 Its not dead then lol! Great job trimming. I love how clean it looks afterwards like a fresh haircut 👍
Our professional landscape company asked today if we are ok with them using hedge trimmers to cut back overgrown rhododendrons at our condos.. is this even safe for the Rhodies?
As far as I know it is, did they say why they were asking?
@@HandyGuy2016 👍 thanks for the reply. They are new landscapers here. That's why they were asking.
Don't use hedge trimmers on anything except a hedge. That type of pruning destroys the structure of shrubs. Prune with hand pruners, branch by branch, always cutting back to a branch or bud. Use a saw on big branches, if necessary.
Nice, now the bottom, please.
А почему не подстричь короче, на уровне окна. Красивее было бы
And if you don't have a saw trimmer thing? 😓
Machete and hedge trimmers
You could do this with a pair of loppers and pruning shears. Would take longer of course, but would give you great results.
Then you hire someone who does 🤣🤣
Yeah it still doesn't look good. The bushes doesn't look healthy. It looks like it needs to be cut all the way down and let it start to grow again but not high this time.
it will be back
Yep
Well...that's what I call a Scalping🪓🪓🪓🪓🪓
It was pretty bad, looks good now and it's actually ready for a trim instead of being cut in half.
I would have gone shorter
still needs to go under window frame for them to see out better.them bush should be cut down & thrown out.the owner should agree
Agreed, but I just do what the customer wants
I set up like that when i cut my hedges. Believe it or not we hav hedges in Az. See how you practice safety for the job, ear muffs, face covering and attire. 👍🏜
I would have gone shorter
I didn't want to kill it, or I would have. We have shortened it up some since.