Tui are used by landscape designers when decorating curb beds, as well as planting hedges. Tui are coniferous trees, which must be taken care of. If curbs are planted on your site, then you do not need to water them. Instead of irrigation regularly conduct spraying and irrigation of coniferous plants with warm water. If spraying dwarf plants is not carried out, the sinuses of branches and young shoots will be clogged with dust, and the thuja will turn yellow.
Thuja annually forms new green shoots, they cover old needles. Over time, the old branches of the tree turn yellow, and then fall off. In some varieties, the old branches turn red and crumble, mulching the soil. If you notice that the inner pine needles fall off, and the young shoots look green, then the thuja is healthy. But if the young growths began to turn yellow, then the tree is either affected by fungal diseases, or the thuja suffered from frosts.
Treatment for fungal diseases
To cope with the effects of fungal diseases, thuja must be treated with fungicides. When affected by fungal diseases, the branches of the tree become brown or turn black. White needles appear on the thuy needles. If the branch is affected by fungal diseases too much, then it is cut using a saw or a garden shears. If the fungal spores have not yet spread along the branch, it can not be cut off, but simply treated with a fungicide. The fungicide "Tivit Jet" is often used. If the tree is badly affected by the fungus, growth stimulants are added to the fungicide solution, for example, "Kornevin". This drug will ensure the rapid growth of new green shoots.
It is important not to confuse the defeat of fungal diseases with thuja frostbite. When frostbitten, the branches turn brown, they are not attacked. On the trunk of the thui there will be frosts-large cracks on the crust. They need to be covered with clay or garden varnish.
Crop after frostbite
Frozen branches must be removed. Most often the frost suffers from the top of the thuja. After removing the top and affected branches of thuja, the tree will recover very quickly. After the formation of the crown, young shoots will grow, and after 2 years the thuja will regain its original appearance. To the tree does not suffer from frost, it must be planted near the fence or the walls of the house. So you will ensure the plant protection from cold wind.
