How to create a privacy fence with emerald green arborvitae trees. 

I’ll be giving these 10 gallons of water each week. The key to proper watering is deep and infrequent to give the soil time to drain and a chance for the roots to get oxygen as well. I’ll be posting a watering video for them soon. 👍🏻

Thanks.

They can’t be watered enough in the first year. Especially late fall, just before winter freeze.

@mervinprone I'm agreeing with you. After a year later and learning from our mistakes.

That’s good to know, and I’ve seen others post concerns about deer as well. Fortunately for myself in my neighborhood we don’t get a lot of deer so this hasn’t been as issue for me, but I can see how it could be.

Good advice. 👍🏻

absolutely not. i'd rather suffer a little insect damage, than poison my home. "Bifenthrin was included in a biocide ban proposed by the Swedish Chemicals Agency, because of its carcinogenic effect. "

Thanks. I actually have green giants along the back and other side of my yard and really like those. Very tall and grow really fast. I thought about them for this area but went with the emerald greens because I didn’t want them to get too wide.

A lot of places will bury the trees with the burlap still on it. Technically the burlap will decay over time and shouldn’t be an issue and on trees that large I’d imagine there could be a different issue at play for those 2 specifically. Of course the transplanting process is quite a shock for most trees. There could be root damage from when they were dug up, too much or too little water, or insects etc. If you have a soil moisture probe you could check the moisture level on those trees vs your good ones. Good luck.

Thuja’s are great! You should check out my other video below on the green giants that I planted to make a backyard fence. I had decided to use emerald greens in this section only because of how wide the green giants get. I needed them to stay narrow. How to create a fast growing privacy fence with green giant arborvitae trees. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eIxoDg_ST_c.html

Pretty sure emeralds are a type of thuja… and emeralds form a nice, dense hedge

@@johnraviella6561 But the Thuja Plicata Standishii has darker richer color...

Thuja is the genus for abrovitae. Both emerald green and green giants are thujas.

@@Funknwanker I know but the color and growth of both are different. I prefer the green giant for color and fullness.

Northwest Indiana. Zone 5/6

Great suggestion. I have a corner near my shed where I’m looking to plant another and an American Pillar arborvitae would go great there.

Horizontally.

That’s correct. I incorrectly used Hollytone in this video but have since updated my description to say to use plant tone. Glad yours are doing well.

This was my most recent update video. I’ll probably do another this fall. How fast do arborvitaes grow? Arborvitae updates 1 year later. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9-Znr5yI6Fg.html

I agree 100%... I've had good luck with thunja evergreens and Blue spuce...😮

I’ve been planting trees for 25 year aside from preparing the bed, there was a lot of waste of time steps. Obviously he’s paid by the hour, or has that mentality. It’s like he wined and dined a person willing to put out with a name exchange.

As a bow hunter. Thanks for the tip.

@@goontubeassos7076maybe likes hearing and watching himself too much .

Amazing trees...we don't have a deer issue here in Alaska.

You can see a quick update on the arborvitaes in one of my recent videos. Lawn Blog April 2023: Weed Prevention, Fertilizing, Moles, and Arborvitae Updates. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9uj0454TmoI.html

At one of my local nurseries. The owner was clearing out this group of 13 for about $1000, which was still about half off of what they normally would go for….They say money can’t buy time, except for trees….then you are paying for time. 😂

i bought 3 gal 3-6' tall emerald greens for 8$ each...spent around 130 or so because the taller ones are expensive!!

@@hiimappy where?!?

You can find them at your local nursery or at Home Depot or Lowe’s, etc for around $70 each depending on the size.

Zone 5, northwest Indiana.

Great advice. Thanks for sharing.

I respectfully disagree. That is the first thing is taught in Horticulture at the University.

Interesting, I’m not an expert, I planted 10 of the same shrubs about 12 years ago along a fence line, the guys that delivered them said just put them in, they were 6’ at purchase they are now at least 14-15’ , I guess what ever works, thanks anyway great job best of luck 👍

Always remove the burlap. People think it easily decomposes, but I dig it up all the time in 20-year-old plantings. But I will say that hosing the clay soil out of the roots is not necessary and probably causes more shock to the plant.

Yes, but your neighbors will hate you when they spread

Tell ‘em why ya mad.

This comment is at the bottom of the comment section for a reason. While it's true you don't need to remove the burlap, it definitely doesn't hurt if the soil is hard clay. Also, them getting eaten by deer doesn't make them bad trees. Deer will eat anything that's not protected, which is why I never plant anything without covering it from the deer for at least the first year or two. And idk what you mean by replanting after a harsh winter. We've had Winter's here where we never get above 20°F they've spent days under heavy snow. But they never died. They come out a nice dark green in the spring. Perhaps you just don't take care of them properly.

@@leaf2180 - just working in the gardening industry selling and I stalling thousands of these along with other annuals, perennial, trees and shrubs have given me a lot of first hand experience. Emerald green arborvitae are hated among the experts because of everything I listed. Customers like them because they are cheap. Removing the burlap because of hard clay make no sense at all. Removing the burlap does not suddenly make root stronger to go through clay. The clay soil needs to be amended first by adding a soil conditioner like humus.

@@Funknwanker 1. They're not cheap. A decent sized tree is easily over $100 2. Every expert I've come across has emerald green as one of their top picks for a screen or just for the flowerbed. And what I'm saying about burlap is the hard dirt around the root ball. Not what the ground soil is. It's best to break up the dirt and the roots, I've done it for years.

@@leaf2180 - cheap is relative and yes they are cheap as compared to other trees of the same size used for the same purpose. I would hazard a guess the “experts” you spoke of are the ones we referred to as landscrapers because they know nothing about plants. The only ones I knew who loved the emerald green arborvitae were these landscrapers who took advantage of the fact that these trees were cheaper, smaller rootball and they could shove a lot of them close together to make a quick buck. They never advised the customer properly and often the customer would have to buy more. You never remove the burlap and disturb a root ball of a b&b tree. The tree is already stressed due to having its roots cut and the tree has become temporarily delicate as compared to when they are established. Disturbing the rootball can lead to additional damage to the already tender roots. I can tell you from experience from diagnosing what caused the death of many plants at the hands of people not knowing what they are doing, including “landscrapers”, that removing the burlap and disturbing the rootball was common among all of the trees that died in a short period. Another problem with disturbing the root ball of a b&b tree is it can cause void to appear around the roots which allows water to pool, this causes rot and kills the tree. I have sold and planted thousands of shrubs and trees both b&b and container as a profession. Have you planted thousands and have been paid to do so?

This is correct. I’ve corrected it in the description since making the video.

Sounds like YOU are the annoying neighbor

Sounds like you are the annoying neighbor. I'll bet you own a large dog that barks incessantly.

They are rich and have money and time to waste, so let them do what they think they are smart.