Rabbit damage to emerald cedars
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Comments (11)they just got snow burnt during winter. You see we all suffered these bouts of warming and freezing this year. when that happens portion of the plants will swell up in warming times and then when it freezes the cells will die. Freeze and warming cycles can damage plants. But your plant is fine. I'm just guessing the snow bank went up to the lower parts of the tree where it got affected. Trust me on this. Where the green parts are, it;s very lively. The slight yellowing just affected the tips but it's not spreading. The leaves beside it are very bright green. Looks good. When you start seeing more of a dull green colour and when you scrape the trunk and see a dull green or browning in the inner trunk then you can say the plant is dying. I guarantee you this is not the case. It just was a bit difficult of a winter but its recovering just fine. In due time, it will come back really nicely. The nice thing about emerald cedars they do fill in well. I have emerald cedars in my backyard. I know this....See MoreHelp with winter protection for newly planted 6 foot emerald cedars!!
Comments (19)Hello ! So I am in the simcoe county area in Wasaga Beach ontario. I have 17 beautiful now 3 year old emerald cedars at 7 ft now. I back onto forest and get crazy wind from the bay. I COVER MY CEDARS and in 3 moves in 8 years with this being my 3rd hedge I’ll tell you why ...... WIND + animals. All the cedars in my area are brown, bare in the bottom or bare throughout. Rabbits go after the base, deer everything else. The wind here almost gives the cedars a wind burn. I never believed in tightly burlaping anything. I string up the cedars incase of freezing rain or in the case of this year lots of heavy snow, I then stake a wall front and back, then burlap the wall. I use a steel gaged fence tied to the post and burlap over too. Yes it’s excessive but I see the damage of uncovered, half eaten cedars. When I lived closer to Toronto I only saw damage from cedars out in the open exposed to our winter winds. At this point with how full and tall my cedars are I’m not about to start swapping out ones that die. Not to mention my neighbour who works at 4am (I still live in a subdivision) see’s deer stalking my cedar ‘Berlin wall’ a few times a week. It’s not attractive, neighbours don’t mind one bit and come spring I have no issues. My other neighbours had issues and did the same after replacing 6/9. You can use other materials other then steel gaged fence it is pricer I did it because the winter winds here are nuts and COLD the burlap without the support just caves in, I do it come November and no touch ups or issues until End of March / early April I take it down then reuse the same materials come fall. At this point the steel fence costs less then having to replace each tree. I also in the fall but those fertilizer spikes you hammer into the ground and put one for each tree/shrub it seems to do wonders. I water up until end of October. They are established but like anything else hot days - dry streaks I do my best and water everything. In our area the nurseries all agreed to cover the area around the trees but not cover completely allowing them to adjust to the temperature and as well snow won’t hurt them one bit just keep them twined incase of freezing rain etc...See MoreEmerald Arborvitae turning yellow
Comments (20)So I got caught outside in a rainstorm this weekend and since I was already soaking wet, went down the line to look at what was happening. Turns out that tons of water was pooling up between the sod and the arbs in question. So I did a couple things: - cut out a couple of channels to let the water drain. - then I dug out the 5 in question and moved them down the line, and replaced them with 5 extra arbs I had in a test area (they were extras and I didn't know what to do with them). The arbs I dug out had a crappy root system compared to the ones in the test area. One thing is that the ground along the line where these were was really sandy below and rocky - tough ground for the first 8 inches. I dug it out and softened it up and will see: - If they new 5 will haven any problems. For the older 5, if they survive, that's great. If they don't, I'm OK with that too....See MoreEmerald cedar tips browning on one side of leaf
Comments (5)I'm in Quebec, Canada -zone 5. Its been a mixed bag wheather wise, from cool (10 Celsius ) and rainy when I planted, to hot and humid for the past week (30+celcius). I bought them from a big box store, potted, they're approx. 4' tall. I did not touch the root ball as it didn't appear root bound. This was a completely new garden bed which is why I amended with triple mix plus sondage granular slow release conifer fertilizer. I also applied cedar mulch to the next bed. All the other bushes planted (hydrangeas, dappled willows ) in that same bed are doing great. I watered my new plantings regularly unless there had been a good rainfall. I would say every 2-3 days at the most, with a soaker attachment. Also,it's really not browning, it's more copper. It looks almost sunburnt though I don't see any cause. I've seen browning and drying on conifers and it usually affects branches, not just the tips. What's possibly encouraging is that the underside of a coppery tip is still a healthy green....See Moredbarac
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