touching up shrubs with string trimmer

[Tri-City Outdoors]

Originally Posted by unkownfl

I edge the Jasmine with it once in awhile. How do others edge Jasmine. I'm not going to stick my hedge trimmer into the dirt.

We started to use the WW on the jasmine. Ever since my knee got cut open using an HS45. We'll also use the edger to trim by the dirt.

[Landscape Poet]

Originally Posted by unkownfl

I edge the Jasmine with it once in awhile. How do others edge Jasmine. I'm not going to stick my hedge trimmer into the dirt.

Depends on the height and density of the Jasmine. If it does not exceed the height of the edger blade I will use a edger on the sides. If it is taller than the blade of the edger the trimmer is getting used. I (try) not to use the trimmer on the top as it can leave a browned damaged appearance....but sometime you got to do what you got to do.

[jvanvliet]

Originally Posted by unkownfl

I edge the Jasmine with it once in awhile. How do others edge Jasmine. I'm not going to stick my hedge trimmer into the dirt.

Don't blame you, it'll dull the blades; dull blades on the hedge trimmer will do as much if not more damage than a weed wacker.

Why not maintain the Jasmine to keep it from gowing out down to the dirt?

[unkownfl]

Originally Posted by jvanvliet

Don't blame you, it'll dull the blades; dull blades on the hedge trimmer will do as much if not more damage than a weed wacker.

Why not maintain the Jasmine to keep it from gowing out down to the dirt?

The Jasmine is only 6 inches tall under oaks usually.

[integrityman]

Originally Posted by Keith

To Williams. You had to know what kind of replies you were going to get with this

But the answer is no, don't do it. It will leave an unclean cut that invites problems. That said, I bet almost everyone here is guilty of lifting up the string trimmer to catch that one lone wolf shoot growing out of that otherwise perfectly level hedge when no one is looking
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Guilty- I've definitely "eliminated" the odd stragler with Stihl Kombi - but never ever anything beyond that. I will say it works ok for taxus- but not on anything woodier like viburnim or euonymous.

[jvanvliet]

Originally Posted by unkownfl

The Jasmine is only 6 inches tall under oaks usually.

Ah, I see, Sahara drench; problem solved