Tuya is a very unpretentious plant from the Cypress family. It is successfully used in landscape design to decorate household plots, because it has a presentable appearance, is easy to clean and easy to be cut and shaped. Entire alleys, hedges and living walls are made of thuya. Tuy is frost-resistant. But to protect against frost for prevention purposes it is worth covering with a non-woven material for additional protection.
Tui is a long-liver and lives on average 150 years. Single cases are known when the coniferous plant lived longer.
There are certain rules for planting thuya, which should be observed when cultivating, to ensure its long life. Planting of thuja in the spring is preferable. However, if the horticulturist observes all the rules, then the planting time may be any.
Where to plant a thuju in the spring?
To ease the landing, it is better to use plants that have a closed root system. Faster than thuja grows in the sun or in the penumbra. In a heavily shaded place, one should not plant a thuja, otherwise its crown will not be so lush. She needs the sunlight.
Tuya is not fastidious to the quality of the soil and can grow on almost any soil: weakly acidic, sandy, clay, peat. It is best to use peat-leaf soil with the addition of a small amount of sand in a proportion of 2: 1: 1.
How to plant a thuju in the spring?
Depending on the purpose of planting and the type of thuje between plants, there should be a distance of at least one meter and not more than five meters.
- It is necessary to prepare a deep pit of 60-80 cm and a diameter of 80-100 cm, depending on the coma of the earth, which is present on the seedlings.
- When planting thai, organic fertilizers can be introduced: one square meter requires 1-3 kg of wood ash and 12-15 kg of organic matter.
- During the landing, it is important to carefully perform any manipulation to avoid damage to the earth coma, otherwise the roots of the thuja may dry up. The root of the plant should remain at the same level as the ground.
- After thuju have landed, it is fertilized by "Epin".
- In the spring, thujus is additionally fed with phosphorus and potassium, while making a break in two weeks.
- Water the plant every week. If the spring was very arid, then watering should be done twice a week, using 15-20 liters of water.
Planting of thuja with seeds in the spring period occurs in a bowl. Preliminary it is necessary to prepare the soil consisting of coniferous, leaf, garden ground and sand. The powder should be well washed. Plank with seeds must be covered with glass. Daily it needs to be ventilated. Then the seedlings are carefully transplanted into separate pots. At the bottom put drainage, consisting of gravel or broken pottery mixed with coal.
Planting of thuja with cuttings should be made in late summer (July, August), when its shoots have already grown. In this case cuttings should be taken from young plants not older than two or three years. Cuttings cut off at least 20 centimeters in length, while at the base of it should remain a "heel" (part of wood), which after peeling is cleaned with a knife.
Next, the cuttings are treated with a solution of heteroauxin and make a landing in the ground, which must be prepared in advance: fill up with peat and sand. Then the soil is treated with a solution of potassium permanganate.
Then loosen the soil, pour water and plant the cuttings to a depth of 2 cm.
After the cuttings took root, they must be treated with a fungicide.
How beautiful to plant thui?
If the conifer plant is planted separately, then it can decorate the household plot. However, in the case of a group plantation, the garden is simply transformed.
To decorate the site, you can plant an avenue of thuja, but this business can take more than five years, as it grows very slowly. Effectively looks like a hedge of tuja.
What to plant next to the thuja?
Thuya is well combined with flower beds and deciduous shrubs:
- larch;
- spruce;
- cypress;
- acacia;
- spirea;
- hydrangea;
- petunia is hybrid;
- astilba;
- a dicenter;
- host;
- dwarf juniper.
It is not recommended to plant asters and peonies next to the thuja.
Tui is a beautiful, frost-resistant ornamental plant that can decorate any garden. However, it has one drawback - thuya is slowly growing.