Hello everyone,
I will soon receive 240 Thuja Smaragd plants and plan to plant them. The plants will be 20–30 cm (8–12 inches) tall.
Later, they are supposed to form a hedge about 100 meters (330 feet) long.
How can I irrigate them?
I already use a cistern with a pump and garden hose, and I would connect the irrigation system there.
What is a good system to use?
Are drip irrigation tubes recommended for this?
Does anyone have experience with irrigation and can offer advice?
Thank you very much for your answers.
I will soon receive 240 Thuja Smaragd plants and plan to plant them. The plants will be 20–30 cm (8–12 inches) tall.
Later, they are supposed to form a hedge about 100 meters (330 feet) long.
How can I irrigate them?
I already use a cistern with a pump and garden hose, and I would connect the irrigation system there.
What is a good system to use?
Are drip irrigation tubes recommended for this?
Does anyone have experience with irrigation and can offer advice?
Thank you very much for your answers.
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HilfeHilfe10 Apr 2018 06:32Hi, no, just a standard drip irrigation hose that you can get at the hardware store. As I said, I would buy 50 meters (165 feet) from the network.
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Deliverer10 Apr 2018 09:44In Baden-Württemberg, there is currently a fungus spreading that is gradually killing all the thuja trees here. At the moment, three neighbors are progressively replacing their privacy screens...
You might want to check with Google for your local area before you start the work.
You might want to check with Google for your local area before you start the work.
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Bieber081510 Apr 2018 21:11They say it’s better to water deeply but infrequently, and eventually the plant has to manage on its own. That’s why we have regularly watered all shrubs and trees intensively during the initial period after planting—altogether, including the 20m (65.5 feet) beech hedge planted last autumn, well over a hundred plants, some bare-root, some in containers, some balled and burlapped. Other than that, we did not water. So, it should also do well without an irrigation system.
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HilfeHilfe11 Apr 2018 07:27As I mentioned, I can confirm this with watering. Last year (the third) I didn’t do it at all anymore.
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meister keks21 Apr 2018 21:03I am sending my soaker hose back. You gave me the right suggestions because I can water with a garden hose for two or three years. I already have one. I was going to install the soaker hose system now and dig connections to the rainwater tank, but in a few years that might have been unnecessary because the plants manage on their own, so I’ll just leave it. Many thanks.