Due to its decorative qualities, a dwarf globular thuya welcome guest on the site. This plant looks great both in the regular garden, as a separate decor. To grow a beautiful coniferous ball on your site, you should not only properly plant, but competently care for the plant.
How to plant thu spherical?
The process of planting a thuja globular is not very complicated, but requires compliance with certain rules. The tree is ready for transplant to a permanent place at the age of 5-7 years. Dig up and transfer to a new place they should only be with a clod of land.
Before planting thu spherical, you need to properly dig a landing pit. Its size depends on the size of the root system of the plant. Most often, the depth is about 60-80 cm. The pit should be prepared two weeks before the transplant. The landing site is filled with a soil mixture of a special composition. Mix two parts of the turf ground and one part peat with sand, then add 5 g nitroammofoski.
If the soil is clayey in the area, the drainage should be placed on the bottom of the pit before planting thuja, its layer should be 20 cm. Otherwise, you may encounter root rot. When disembarking, make sure that the root neck remains at ground level.
Globular Thuja - care
If you follow all the subtleties of planting thai globular and care for it you can count on a lush and spectacular shrub. Consider the basic rules of care for conifers.
- Watering . It is especially important to properly water the tree in the first month after planting. Weekly, you need to pour up to 10 liters under each bush, and in a drought twice a week. If the plant lacks moisture, its crown begins to thin out. Immediately after watering it is necessary to loosen the ground. The stump circle should have a depth of up to 10 cm, then cover the mulch with a layer of 7 cm.
- Top dressing . Begin to fertilize two years after planting. Every year in the spring, fertilizer is introduced into the zone of the near-barrel circle at a rate of 100 g / m 2. Well-proven drug Kemira-wagon.
- An important point in the care is the pruning of the thuja globular . The hat is formed independently, but all dry branches or broken off sick shoots must be removed. Such sanitary pruning is carried out every spring. If you decide to use thuya as a hedge, then pruning should be carried out not only in spring, but also at the end of summer.
- When planting and care for thuja globular it is important to correctly prepare the plant for winter . Adult trees completely independently bear frosts under a layer of snow. But young seedlings will have to be prepared. They are covered with leaves, lapnik or special heaters. As soon as the temperature drops below -5 ° C, the top is covered with a film.
- Dwarf spherical thuja needs protection from pests . If you notice a yellowed crown, this may be a signal about the appearance of aphids . Excellent with this problem copes the drug BI-58, it is also able to eliminate false-check. It is possible to fight pests with the help of Akarin. Fungal diseases occur when
drying, acidity of the soil or its salinity. - Reproduction of thuja globular, as well as other decorative species of conifers, is carried out by cuttings. They do it in the autumn period. When growing, you must create conditions for high humidity (at least 70%). The greenhouse should be transparent, since the seedlings need good lighting. Use wood shoots of 50 cm in length. The needles are removed from the bottom and placed in water for several hours. Planted to a depth of 3 cm in the soil consisting of their equal parts of peat, turf and sand.