Summer cutting is a care treatment that beginner gardeners often forget about. This is a huge mistake, because during this period it is as important as the regular watering of the hedge, which grows intensively in July, releasing fresh growths.
Check when to do them exactly and how to do it safely to realistically help thujaimproving their health, cut and resistance to fungal diseases.
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Tules grow quickly, thanks to which they are ideal plants for a hedge that can separate from disliked neighbors. However, this also has its disadvantage because They must be cut regularly (only on dry days). Otherwise they will have an ugly habit and can get sick.
Cutting the thuja in the summer between July and August (until the middle of a month) limits the development of pathogens, improves the habit of thuja and encourages the thickets to aesthetically thickening. The procedure brings many benefits. Do not be late with him, because every day of delay reduces the chances of regeneration from frosts.
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Summer cutting of thuja should be subtle, which means that the bushes in July should not be shortened intensively, but only removed young growths of the lifetime so as not to weaken them. Just take them 1.5-2.5 cm long to improve the habit, keeping their aesthetic form.
Of course, weak, weakened and dry shoots can also be got rid of. Always cut in the garden with a sharp pruning sheds or hedge scissors, thoroughly disinfected.
