Thuja green giant photos advice?
moreira8593
6 years ago
Im hoping these will make it. I planted 6 thuja GReen Giants this April . It's rained a lot so water is not an issue. I have drip irrigation set up for watering. Some of the top smaller branches seem to be dying? Are these bruises cankers? The trees are also leaking a little sap that the little insects seem to like. Any input or advice?
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cearbhaill (zone 6b Eastern Kentucky)
6 years ago
laceyvail 6A, WV
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Thuja Green Giant Privacy Screening Project Advice Part II
Comments (2)PROPER PLANTING IS THE KEY ... see link ... native soil.. proper depth.. different rules for clay ... PROPER watering.. FOR TWO YEARS ... nothing.. and i mean NOTHING is drought tolerant ON PLANTING ... a good course deep mulch ... 3 to 4 foot circle ..... 3 to 4 inches deep .... depending on how it settles ... no closer than 3 inches to the trunk ... and SINGLE LEADER TREES to start with ... insist on such from your seller ... these things will grow a foot or two per year once they get going .... in your zone ..... i would suggest.. no more than 3 foot tall plants .... and full sun ... soo... tree.. soil.. planting.. watering.. mulch.. that about covers it.. but for anything else said in that other post ... ken ps: you can be digging holes weeks prior to delivery .... once you have the plants.. it can be backbreaking to dig 15 holes while your plants are dying in the garage ... lol ... i would put them in a pail of water for no more than 24 hours.. just and inch or two at the bottom ... roots only ... and stuff some damp newspaper around the top.. to keep the roots in high humidity.. but not standing all in water .... if you cant plant immediately.. open box.. open plastic.. throw in some damp paper towel on the roots ... and lightly close the plastic.. in my z5.. you could keep them that way.. in the garage.. which this time of year in MI.. is just a giant refrigerator ... for a month .... as the cement floor is a heat sink until may ..... your goal is to keep them dormant as long as possible .. and best until planted ... ... which i hope musser insures on sending.. they have to be dormant ... pps: review my post on transplanting conifers.. its about halfway down page one ... you can skip the digging up part .... focus on he sticking in part ... the sand all fell off my plant.. so it was bare rooted by the time it hit the hole .... Here is a link that might be useful: link...See MoreThuja Green Giant Hybred
Comments (48)Hello EVERYONE!!! It has been a long winter here in Wyoming. I am posting today to get some more helpfull input on these trees I am trying to get growing in my yard. We had a very cold snap in early November and a blizzard came through and burried most of the trees in snow drifts. The drifts stayed all winter long. The last little pieces of ice dissappeared about 2 weeks ago. As the snow melted, I could see that, not only the exposed parts of the trees had turned a rusty brown, but all of the trees' branches had also turned. I noted that at the very bottom of all the trees, there was some green. I am not sure if this green was frozen into the tree or if had begun to come back from brown. After a couple weeks, watering on only the warmest days, I cannot determine if the green I am seeing is increasing, or if I am just, hopefully, optimisticly observing. I am beginning to think that maybe they did NOT survive the Wyoming winter AGAIN. :-( These latest pics were taken on March 16... Do you think these trees are dead??? I think I am noticing more and more green, BUT if I am seeing that, it is happening VERY slowly. As stated before, I may just be hoping to see more green and therefore, I am. I will take more pics in late April and compare. Any green that I do see is limited to the bottom and nearer the trunk. I have also noted just today, that at the base of the trunk, on all trees, the "bark" has split vertically, 4 to 6 inches up from ground level. Is this a bad sign??? Any opinions you experienced guys have to offer is greatly appriciated!! Here's the pics.........See MoreThuja Green Giant Privacy Screening Project Advice
Comments (36)Thanks for all of the advice guys. @ davidrt28 - thanks for the advice and ordering info @ kato_b , tsugajunkie - the larger 5 gallon plants don't look as bad. there is still some green, but they don't look that great. I actually started planting the smaller trees further back from the road because I was worried about the salt spray. I think they're around 28ft from the road and have those hedges in between the road and small trees. I thought that would have been enough protection... also before they even started salting last fall, they were starting to turn orangish. @ davidrt28 - nope.. I didn't fertilize them @ tsugajunkie - thanks for that link, I may have to look into a different species what a discouragement ... it would have been nice to see the majority survive after all the time and money I put into the project I'm thinking the best thing to do is look for several species that's resistant to salt spray and add a mix of trees This post was edited by duke90 on Thu, May 2, 13 at 0:53...See MoreThuja Green Giant progress - Panoramic Photo
Comments (16)i use generic RUp ... aka credit ... hundreds of properly mixed gallons per year ... you will have to coat about 75% of the entire tree to kill it ... it has no effect once it hits the ground.. and no effect on any part of the tree that is not green i have a 200 foot bank of juniper.. which i spot spray to kill various weeds growing through it ... no impact on it ... practice with your sprayer with water on the driveway .... VERY LOW PRESSURE....this aint french perfume .... find out how many pumps.. and how to adjust the nozzle .. so that DROPS come out ... drops are affected by gravity ... and fall to the earth ... mist can blow in the wind ... when you can do such.. properly mix some credit set the wand at the one foot mark .. nearly on the ground ....and spray toward the plant .... angling so as to avoid as much contact as possible on the plant .... go once around.. and then move on ... a week or two later .... perhaps with an assistant .... go back to work under the plants .... they either lift low branches.. or use a hockey stick to move things out of the way .. and spray the things under the plants ... and dont worry about letting the branches fall back on top of the sprayed area .... i have found .... by breaking the job into 2 parts.. that my concentration is higher.. resulting in less overspray ... in a worse case scenario .... make the mix in a bucket.. some good rubber chemical gloves.. and a washcloth ... and reach under the tree and swab what under there .. pulling toward you ... once you get the stuff out of there.. it will tend not to grow back and maintenance will be much easier ... and most important.. remember not to walk across sprayed areas .. until it is dry .. or you will have mysterious brown dead spots in your lawn.. the size of your shoes ... pic below.. i have maintained this row of GG since they were 2 inch peat pots with 4 inch rootings in 2002 ... and NEVER USED A WEED WHIP ON THEM .. good luck ken PS: if you get the inclination to sneeze.. put down the sprayer.. and step away ... or swat bugs.. trust me... lol ... drops flying everywhere ... if there is an error.. spray down the foliage ASAP ... and respray when it is dry .... PPS: and what about that giant neighbor tree.. is it a maple????...See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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