The main thing in caring for thujas: how to make conifers beautiful and healthy - advice from experienced gardeners
Thujas are often used in landscape design to create a unique atmosphere in the garden.
But you can achieve this effect only if you take proper care of the plants: trim them, clean them, treat them and perform other procedures.
How to care for thuja
To maintain the desired shape of the thuja, the gardener must regularly trim the plants.
If your goal is to create a hedge of thujas, then take care to give it the correct shape, that is, widened towards the bottom.
By the way, if you are going to grow thujas along a fence made of metal profiles, which looks with the light side into the yard, cover that same light side with a shading net for the winter. Due to the fact that in the spring the profile reflects bright sunlight onto the thujas, the needles may burn.
But it is not recommended to cover the thuja for the winter with several layers of spunbond at once: in winter it is very warm under such material, because of which the thuja can begin to vegetate, and fungal infections can develop.
In addition, after covering the thuja with spunbond for the winter, it often comes out badly damaged.
Therefore, experienced gardeners do not cover the seedling after planting it in the ground, but only in February they throw a shading net over the homemade frame, which is supposed to be removed after the snow on the site has completely melted.
Of course, to keep the thuja from losing its decorative qualities, fertilizing should be part of the care – use specialized complex fertilizers with prolonged action. They should be added to the hole when planting, and then sprinkled under the mulch.
As for the soil, thujas like acidity close to neutral. If the soil is heavy, when planting a seedling in the ground, you should add loosening agents such as peat, sand, perlite or vermiculite to the hole.
After planting, the thuja needs to be watered abundantly. Regular watering is also necessary for the plant throughout the season. At the initial stage, it is recommended to water twice a week, then the frequency of the procedure can be reduced to once a week.
