Removing a thuja hedge involves a lot of effort and sometimes high costs. Therefore the question arises whether Thuja hedges can also be poisoned. There are a few options, but ultimately the only remaining method is to dig up and dispose of the thuja hedge.
Poison harms not only the thuja hedge but also all other living things
Poison Thuja hedge - is that possible?
Of course there are means with which you can also tackle a thuja hedge. Round-Up, a weed killer that is no longer approved for domestic use, is often recommended. Other means that are often mentioned are:
- Spread road salt
- pour with salt water
- Pour thuja with vinegar
- Lime the soil heavily
- Use weed killer
- Allow the hedge to collapse due to waterlogging
Some of these applications can severely poison a thuja hedge, eventually dying. However, this is not advisable in the interests of soil health and the health of garden owners. Last but not least, such use harms the insects and other animal garden dwellers that ensure a healthy garden climate.
When using chemical agents, you must assume that the garden will not be usable for months. You are not allowed to grow fruit and vegetables there for a long time.
Dig up thuja hedge
The safest and most harmless, but unfortunately also the most labor-intensive way of removing a tree of life hedge is sawing off, digging up and disposing of it.
First cut the hedge down so that only a tree stump remains in the ground. It must be long enough for you to be able to attach the rope of a winch to get the rootstock out of the ground.
Alternatively, dig up the roots if the thuja is not that big yet. Since the tree of life is a shallow root, you don't have to dig as deep to get the roots out of the ground.
Simply cut the tree of life
If you cut down a tree of life just off the ground, it will not sprout again. The roots will rot in the soil over time.
If you pour a sufficiently high layer of topsoil over it, then you can at least sow lawns here again. Planting other plants will have to wait until the roots have decomposed.
tips
The root system of a thuja does not reach far into the ground, but spreads below the surface. With thuja hedges, the roots are so intertwined that it can be difficult to dig up the tree of life.