The peculiarity of coniferous crops is in their decorativeness and aesthetics, year-round preservation of a green crown, a variety of forms, unpretentiousness to the type of soil and care. Even in the smallest area, such shrubs will look picturesque and organic, decorating the adjacent territory with their rich color of the ground part. Tuya Tini Tim is a very popular breed for landscaping areas, flower beds and lawns.
Thuja occidentalis Tini Tim
Brief information about the variety
- Colour: the crown is dark green, the woody parts are reddish or grayish-brown.
- Height: in the 10th year of life it grows up to 30 cm, and an adult plant reaches 1 m;
- Crown width: up to 1-1.5 m;
- In which regions is it growing: from the climate of Southern Siberia to the tropics of Sochi;
- Landing features: Requires mandatory filling with a mixture of earth, sand and peat in equal proportions, followed by abundant watering and sprinkling of the soil near the trunk with peat and sawdust on a layer of 5 cm.
- Immunity: possesses frost resistance and unpretentiousness to conditions of detention, as well as climatic fluctuations;
- Life span: perennial evergreen.
Growing regions
Due to its excellent frost resistance, the plant grows well in all regions of the Russian Federation (from Southern Siberia and Lapland, ending with Sochi, Vladivostok, etc.), except for the first zone.
It tolerates even harsh winters with proper preparation for this period. In the warm season, it provides the site with a beautiful decorative view of a dense dense crown.
Description of the plant
Thuja western Tini Tim (Thuja occidentalis Tiny Tim) has excellent winter hardiness and can be grown even in the regions of Southern Siberia.
Thanks to planting as a border for flower beds with other flowers and plants, the shrub will protect from dust and many pests.
In landscape design, it is used as an element that emphasizes the beauty of ground cover and tall flowers, revives the outskirts of the lawn, the foot of the alpine hills, borders garden paths.
The variety was bred back in 1955. Today it is presented in the most perfect forms, has an excellent appearance and frost resistance.
IMPORTANT: Differs in light-requiring, undemanding to the composition of the soil, as well as the level of its moisture, although it grows best on fertile loams that are sufficiently moist and fresh.
The dwarf breed is growing slowly. By the age of 10, the plant reaches 0.3 m.The height of an adult specimen can vary from 0.5 to 1 m.
The crown grows up to 1-1.5 m, while with densely planted dense branches that create a spherical shape.
The hard parts of the trunk are grayish-brown or reddish in color, with flaking scales, growing from the root collar.
The necessary conditions
Thuja grows both in sunny areas and in the penumbra.
- In the first case, it requires more careful care, since it can suffer from frost followed by drying, as well as from temperature fluctuations. IN
- full shade, slow growth is observed, oppression of the bush, its crown is loose and sparse.
It is also not advisable to plant in an open windy area. It is necessary to equip crushed stone drainage, provided that groundwater is located close.
IMPORTANT: So that the plantings do not thicken at the first planting, gardeners must observe the frequency of places for each plant, the distance between which should not be less than 0.5-1 m (crowns of an adult thuja).
Landing
The tree needs sunlight
To plant this plant, you must first decide on the propagation method (cuttings or seed), and also choose the right seedling.
In addition, there are certain planting rules, according to which the hedges or the composition will look attractive, and the plants will develop as nature intended.
Sapling selection
In order for the thuja to turn out beautiful, healthy and complete, for planting, you need to choose the right seedling. A small sprout is cut off from the mother bush, which slightly captures the crown.
The procedure is carried out at the beginning of spring, when the plant begins a new growth cycle (it will absorb moisture well and carry it to all cells and leaves).
The acceleration of the development of the rhizome system occurs by placing the plant in a container with clean water for about 10 hours, adding a special preparation there.
IMPORTANT: before transplanting, it is required to place the prepared seedlings in separate containers filled with sand, peat and earth.
They are best kept in greenhouse conditions with moderate watering. This will ensure consistently high temperature and humidity. As soon as several fresh shoots appear, a special film can be removed, however, planting in open ground is recommended only after a year of aging in a greenhouse.
Site preparation
The plant in the container is taken out to the site. In order not to damage the root system and safely remove the seedling, you need to water it abundantly immediately before planting with clean water at room temperature.
The depth of the pit should be twice the height of the container. If the aquifer is close, then it is necessary to prepare a special drainage: first fill up a layer of rubble and sand (by about 0.25 m).
IMPORTANT: The soil for the plant is prepared as a mixture of sand, peat and soil in equal proportions.
Landing technology
In order for the plant to take root and develop better, you need to apply a small amount of special fertilizers for conifers.
Experts recommend planting thuja using the transshipment method: carefully remove it from the technical container with the "native" soil.
The voids that form between the earthen lump and the cavity of the pit must not be covered with earth, only a prepared soil composition can be introduced.
IMPORTANT: Mandatory watering with settled and warm water is required immediately after planting, followed by mulching with crushed wood crust or peat in the near-trunk zone.
Care
The plant in care is quite unpretentious, however, in the first year, immediately after planting in open soil, enhanced and careful care is required.
Then the rhizome is not yet sufficiently strengthened and strengthened in the soil, therefore there is a possibility of wilting or a decrease in the intensity of development of the shrub.
Watering
Avoid stagnant moisture when watering
Often it is necessary to moisten the soil immediately after planting: every day, add 10 liters of warm, settled water. Continue for 2 years.
The regularity and volume of irrigation is reduced only in case of cloudy or rainy weather: complete hydration no more than 1-2 times a month.
Be sure to provide additional watering of the crown with a garden hose on hot and sultry days. Then the drying of the needles will be minimized.
For adult shrubs, it is required to add water to the peri-stem region twice a month (approximately 10-15 liters). To avoid stagnation of moisture, which provokes rotting of the rhizome, immediately after watering, loosening around the trunk of the bush should be performed.
IMPORTANT: It is possible to reduce to 10 liters of liquid per week starting from the age of 3 thuja.
Top dressing
In the spring, it is necessary to add substances with a high content of phosphorus and nitrogen. Nitroammofoska copes with this task best of all.
Such an event will protect the root system from drying out.
In the autumn period, potash fertilizers are added to the soil, around the bush.
Mulching and loosening the soil
It is recommended to loosen the soil close to the bush trunk and with a depression of up to 0.1 m. This will prevent accidental damage to the roots that come closer to the surface.
In order for the soil to maintain the desired moisture level for a long time, mulching should be carried out using crushed wood chips or peat, which are located around the trunk of the thuja with a solid thick layer of 5 cm or more.
Haircut and trim
After wintering, areas with dried, frozen or affected by fungal infections can form on the branches. The affected parts must be cut off with the arrival of spring heat.
The Tini Tim variety does not require additional crown formation. If the plant is part of a composition or hedge, you can cut up to 1/3 the length of the branches.
IMPORTANT: It is better to significantly reduce the length during the annual sanitary haircut.
Preparing for winter
Despite the excellent frost resistance of the variety, the Tini Tim shrub requires preparation for the winter period. This will reduce the amount of damage to the branches and keep the plant looking beautiful. Also, young, recently planted bushes need special protection.
IMPORTANT: The maximum temperature that the bush can withstand is up to -40 ° C.
Before the onset of frost, the crown is covered with burlap, agrofibre or other material.
To prevent burns during the first rays of the sun, it is important to provide additional shade cover.
Remove "covers" from the bushes after complete thawing of the soil. The ideal period is a calm, cloudy day. This will ensure minimal or no damage.
Reproduction
The plant is capable of propagating by cuttings or seeds. The first activity is simpler.
Cuttings
Tuyu is easy to propagate using cuttings
- A small sprout is cut off and placed in a container with liquid, where a small amount of rhizome growth accelerator is added. Withstand for about 10 hours.
- Then transplanted into a container for greenhouse maintenance.
- After the first few fresh shoots appear, the film is removed, but the conditions remain greenhouse for up to 1 year.
- Only then do they carry out a landing in an open area.
- Care for a young bush for another 3 years is intensified, and then standard.
Seeds
Planting material is collected independently or purchased in appropriate stores.
- Ripe cones are carefully dried.
- All seeds are removed only after opening the cones.
- It is recommended to plant seeds in the soil before the first snow covers appear, at the beginning of winter.
- With the arrival of early spring, fertilizers are applied to the landing sites, abundant watering and covering with film material are carried out. This will ensure that the desired temperature and humidity are reliably maintained.
- Covering materials are eliminated from the moment the first shoots appear, which should be regularly weeded, cleaned of weeds, and organic and mineral fertilizing should be applied. Be sure to water.
- I dive only after 3 years of cultivation, followed by aging for another 2 years in containers.
IMPORTANT: Only 5-year-old seedlings are suitable for planting in open soil.
Diseases and pests
Thuja often gets rhizome burns due to the abundant addition of fertilizers to the soil. This leads to drying out of the shrub and yellowing of its crown.
Also, the appearance of a yellowish tint can be provoked by a thuja aphid. Most often, it multiplies and lives on the bottom of the bush. The parasitic microorganisms are eliminated by Karbofos.
There is also a speckled moth. When attacked, the color of the crown becomes brown, with partial withering away of some sections of the branches. A drug that contains pyrethroids helps fight. But it must be applied only in the second half of July.
IMPORTANT: Putrid odors of rhizomes appear as a result of an excess of moisture in the soil. This not only spoils the plant, but also provokes the development of harmful phytophthora.
In order to prevent the development of pathogenic microorganisms, they regularly loosen the soil around the trunk, and also apply fungicides.
The emerging disease requires the immediate burning of the entire shrub with the obligatory replacement of the soil so that the infection does not spread to other plants.
Use in landscape design
The use of thuja Tini Tees in landscape design is very wide - from single plantations and presentation as the main element of the composition, to creating hedges or borders for paths.
Rockeries decorated with thuja, flower beds, alpine slides, flower beds, rock gardens also look beautiful.
Often, these plants are perfect as hedges that separate the functional areas of the site - they create an interesting look and a calm atmosphere when they are planted near benches, hammocks or gazebos.
IMPORTANT: Mounds of pebbles or sand enhance the color of the thuja.
Conifers can be planted along city roads and highways: they are not only unpretentious to external climatic conditions, but also tolerate gas pollution, dust deposits and other pollution well.
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Shrubs are very popular in various public and private facilities for improving the territory. If there are artificial reservoirs, then such plants, due to their high moisture content, feel great there.
Reviews
Gardeners note the unpretentiousness and frost resistance of Tini Tim, as well as the ability of the variety to retain crown color all year round.
However, caring for thuja in the first years after planting in open soil is a slightly laborious and meticulous process, therefore, it requires certain skills and knowledge.
Many people like the versatility of the plant for landscaping, since the green dense spherical bushes fit perfectly into any composition.
The culture can be used both as the main decorative element and in mass plantings.