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- Thuja gets brown tips! Causes and remedies
- Causes of brown tips of thuja
- Brown spikes due to pest infestation
- Remove brown tips
- How to prevent brown tips on the tree of life
- Brown buds at the Thuja
- Tips
Brown tips may or may not be an indication of pests
Thuja gets brown tips! Causes and remedies
When the newly planted Thuja hedge suddenly gets brown tips, that is not always but often a cause for concern. Where does the discoloration come from and what can you do to prevent brown spots?
Causes of brown tips of thuja
Often the brown tips appear when you have just planted the hedge. The reason for the discoloration lies in the fact that the tree first puts all power into rooting and neglects the supply of shoot tips.
Give some biological plant help, which you get in the garden trade. It strengthens the tree of life so that it gets more power for the formation of new shoots.
But avoid over-fertilization, as it is very harmful to the tree of life.
Brown spikes due to pest infestation
Occasionally, the miner moth appears causing brown spikes on the Thuja hedge. Visible is an infestation by feeding passages in the shoots and Kotablagerungen on the leaves.
A treatment is necessary only with very strong infestation.
Remove brown tips
You can just cut off the brown tips. Make sure that you do not cut too much, and certainly not into old wood.
Do not cut when the sun is shining or the tree of life is very wet.
How to prevent brown tips on the tree of life
Make sure you have a good water supply. The soil must always be slightly damp, but waterlogging should be avoided at all costs.
Road salt does not get the tree of life. Therefore do not plant the hedge or the tree too close to paths and roads that are strewn with road salt in winter.
Especially very young Thujen suffer from strong sunlight. It can be helpful to give them some shade in the midday sun. This is especially true during the winter.
Brown buds at the Thuja
Brown buds are not a real problem. These are dried seeds. You can simply cancel or cut them off.
Tips
When the Thuja hedge browns from the inside, it is almost always a natural process. You usually do not need business. Only if care mistakes, diseases or pests are responsible, a treatment is necessary.