Thuja or arborvitae can be grown yourself if you already maintain a arborvitae hedge. But you need a lot of patience until larger plants have grown from the seeds or cuttings. Also, not every offshoot will sprout. How to grow Thuja yourself.

Among other things, thujas can be grown from cuttings

Pull thuja yourself - methods of propagation

You can grow thuja yourself in two ways: either you sow seed that you have removed from the mother plant, or you tear off a few cuttings from her.

If you want to grow offshoots with exactly the same characteristics as the mother plant, you can only propagate via cuttings. With seeds, there is always a risk that the fertilization was carried out by a Thuja species with different characteristics.

The best time to propagate thuja

The best time for growing Thuja offshoots is midsummer. Then the shoots are well in the juice and take root quickly.

However, the subsequent storage of the cuttings is a problem, since it is usually very warm now. To keep the cuttings from drying out, either grow them in a small indoor greenhouse or put a clear plastic wrap over them.

Grow tree of life from cuttings

  • Harvest cracklings in summer
  • Treat cut ends with rooting powder
  • stuck in sand/soil mixture
  • cover with foil
  • or use a small greenhouse
  • keep moist

Do not cut the cuttings with a knife or scissors, but tear them off in such a way that a small piece of bark remains on the offshoot. These so-called cracklets take root faster.

Keep the cuttings in a place with a temperature of around 20 degrees where there is sufficient light. Make sure the soil doesn't dry out, but don't get too wet either.

New shoots show that roots have formed. You can then transplant the offshoot to the desired location.

Sowing thuja is tedious

Sowing thuja is the more tedious way of growing new plants for the hedge or garden.

Harvest the seeds in autumn and sow them in moist soil as soon as possible. Keep it cool, because the tree of life is a cold germ.

tips

When harvesting the seeds from the tree of life, be sure to wear gloves. Thuja is poisonous in all parts of the plant.

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