- Thuja fruit removal necessary or not?
- Fruit formation occurs more often in bad years
- Discard fruit safely after removal
By no means all varieties of Thuja bear fruit every year. If more flowers form and thus more seed heads than usual, this can indicate a problem. You can remove the resulting fruit. However, this is not absolutely necessary.
Thuja fruits are poisonous
Thuja fruit removal necessary or not?
Basically, it is not a problem for the tree of life if it bears a lot of fruit. They are inconspicuous and not necessarily attractive even for curious small children. Contrary to what is often read, they do not draw so much power from the tree of life, so you can leave them on the tree.
If you are very bothered by the sight or if you are afraid that your children will tamper with it, you should remove the fruit to reachable height. Thuja and especially the fruits are highly poisonous.
With a longer hedge, however, it may be quite difficult to remove all the fruit.
Fruit formation occurs more often in bad years
While some thuja varieties such as Smaragd hardly ever bear fruit, Brabant, for example, bears fruit clusters in which seeds ripen almost every year. However, it takes a few years for the tree of life to blossom for the first time.
Fruiting occurs more frequently, especially in very dry or wet years. This problem also occurs when there is a lack of fertilizer. This is probably due to the fact that the tree of life tries to propagate via seeds because of the bad conditions.
An increased formation of fruits can therefore be an indication that the soil conditions are not optimal. You are:
- too wet
- too wet
- too little nutritious
Discard fruit safely after removal
The fruits of the tree of life hedge can be easily snapped off with your fingers or cut off with scissors. But remember that all parts of the Thuja plant are highly poisonous. Therefore, be sure to wear gloves.
Don't just leave the fruit lying around, but put it in the household waste. On the compost it can happen that the tree of life sows itself.
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Brown buds are also more common on the Thuja hedge. These are not actually buds, but dried seeds that fall off by themselves over time.