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- How to care for the false cypress trees correctly!
- How often do false cypresses have to be cast?
- When should you fertilize cypress trees?
- When and how are false cypresses cut?
- Which diseases and pests can occur?
- Do false cypresses have to be protected from frost?
- Tips
The cypress in the pot must never dry out
How to care for the false cypress trees correctly!
Mock cypresses are very popular as decorative single plants, in tubs or as bonsai. But even as a hedge they make a good figure. The ornamental trees do not need much care. How to care for the false cypress properly.
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The bale of the false cypress should never dry out completely. Waterlogging is just as damaging. Older plants should only be watered when it is very dry.
Freshly planted false cypresses and false cypresses in the pot you water regularly - even in winter. The plants evaporate over the needles, even in the cold season moisture.
When should you fertilize cypress trees?
Mock cypresses need a lot of nutrients. For older plants, spreading a mulch cover will help you renew in spring and fall.
Young and potted cypress trees should be fertilized regularly every four to eight weeks, with:
When and how are false cypresses cut?
As a specimen plant, you only cut blight cypresses if they are not too tall and bulky. The conical shape has proven to be particularly favorable here.
Hedgehogs from false cypresses must be cut at least once, often twice a year. Otherwise, the plants lignify below, because the shoots are not getting enough light there.
Remove only the shoot tips and do not cut into the old wood, except when the false cypress trees have become too high. Then you can simply cap it up.
Which diseases and pests can occur?
Fungal diseases occur mainly in too dense and too wet standing false cypresses. Infested shoots are removed generously.
Miner moths, spiny beetles and bark beetles can become a nuisance. Cut off all affected shoot tips. Moth infestation helps with the use of insecticides. For fungal diseases and beetle infestation, there are no effective control options.
Do false cypresses have to be protected from frost?
Older Scheinzypressen are hardy and tolerate even very low temperatures. As a precaution, freshly planted ornamental shrubs should be protected from the cold with a mulch cover and fleece.
Mock cypresses in the pot basically need winter protection. Cover the plant in a fleece and place the planter on a polystyrene plate.
Tips
When cultivating the poisonous cypress trees you should protect your hands and face with gloves and goggles. Even skin contact can cause inflammation.