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i find box best trimmed on a dull cloudy day as the sun burns them when freshly done, they will recover though
Thanks for the reply BB, that is good to hear.
I have a few clients with Buxus. They have to be trimmed on the day I am at their gardens, although I waited later than usual due to the wet weather. So when I have trimmed it was on that nice hot week, when we had summer, a couple or 3 weeks ago.
Most of them have had scorched leaves unfortunatley, not much we can do about it if that happens as you have to trim sometime, but not when it's too damp, as one of these hedges, 30M long, already has had some blight hit it. Yes it looks unsightly for a few weeks but these leaves will die & drop off & the new growth will come through soon enough. If you explain this to your client, emphasis that they had to be cut sometime, whilst dry, to avoid blight, he should understand.
Just a note, i spray all of my clients Buxus to stop caterpillars. On two jobs this week whilst doing so (one being the 30M hedge) I have seen a number of BT moths fly out of the hedges, so the little critters are still busy laying atm!!! I am in Surrey, near Reigate, so prolific here.