A collected Thuja

[sorce]

I think you should light the jins on fire for aesthetic purposes. Good purposes. Seriously.

Do you have a plan for them?

Sorce

 

[mattspinniken]

Thanks a ton! Two quick follow-ups.

• What do you fertilize with? Do they benefit from foliar feeding?
• What's the latest you'd prune? I haven't pruned at all this year and I'm wondering if it's too late. It's growing incredibly well so far.

Here is how it looked 3 months ago.

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Nice tree, Cedars are fun as they can develop nice and fast. I fertilize my trees in training pots with regular liquid chemical fertilizer. I fertilize my stuff in pots with organic only. For pruning I stop sometime around August 1 but I would stop major pruning work sometime around July 4th.

Overtime you might choose to cut out the straight section near the top.

 

[JackHammer]

How did you establish 150+ years?

 

[eeeealmo]

Nice tree, Cedars are fun as they can develop nice and fast. I fertilize my trees in training pots with regular liquid chemical fertilizer. I fertilize my stuff in pots with organic only. For pruning I stop sometime around August 1 but I would stop major pruning work sometime around July 4th.

Overtime you might choose to cut out the straight section near the top.

Thanks a ton - really appreciate the help. And sorry for hijacking your thread. Your tree is very inspirational.

 

[mattspinniken]

How did you establish 150+ years?

You start to get to know these trees and the tight growth of old age. Mostly I can tell by counting the tight rings on a cut off branch. Otherwise I just guess. 150 years give or take 150 years haha!

 

[The Warm Canuck]

How long did you allow it to recover before re-potting?