It depends on how wet / dry it has been. If you're in a drought, I'd water once every 7 days, and keep the water hose at each tree for a minimum of 20 seconds. After you water for 20 seconds, stick a rod down in the soil to make sure the water fully penetrated / soaked in. If it didn't, do another 20 seconds.
Thank you for the feedback, Monty! Great call on the drainage and something I failed to mention in the video. I've seen neighbors that have had failing emerald green arborvitae due to poor drainage.
@@bradmeetsworldcan you elaborate on poor drainage? I'm new to planting and planted 10 of these early spring and want to get as much info on how to keep them alive and well. Thank you!
@@Voltis-5 What kind of soil do you have? If you have clay soil, you'll want to amend it with something that can break the soil up -- try a little bit of pine bark. I have clay soil but don't amend, however if you're new to planting and want to increase success, it'll be beneficial to amend the soil. If you don't want to amend the soil, plant the crown of the plant about 2 inches above the soil. That's what I do and it works perfectly! So I'll go back to the original question, what kind of soil do you have :)
@@bradmeetsworld I do have clay once I hit about 3-4ft down and I planned about an inch above the soil as well. Only thing I didn't do is fertilizer but I do water then about 2-3x a week which I probably should do more.
@@Voltis-5 If you're experiencing heat like we are in zone 8B, then 2-3x a week is plenty. What you want to make sure you do is that you water thoroughly and completely when you DO water. After about a month you want to back off to about 1x a week. Then after another month you want to back off further and only water during periods of extremely drought. Since it's clay soil 3-4ft down, you shouldn't bother to amend your soil. Simply ensure that the crown of the emerald green is about an inch or 2 above soil level and you'll be all set! I would also highly recommend that you use fertilizer :)
Hi Brad. I planted eight 3-foot arborvitaes in March. So far, so good 🤞. They're growing fast! Water water water! A couple of them have 2 or 3 leads. Should I snip them now or wait until spring? They're so pretty they make me nervous! BTW your arborvitaes look great!
@@audijo6562 that’s awesome! It’s best the maintain a single lead. I would go ahead and remove the extra leads now. This is what I do throughout the season and it helps maintains the beautiful conical shape. There will be no negative side effects if you decide to prune the extra leads back.
Yours look very healthy, what product do you use to prevent bagworms? You said you use plant tone for every season…spring, summer, fall & winter?? Thx!
Thank you for the kind words :). I'm not sure where you're located, but if you're in the continental U.S., I would use Spectracide's Triazicide. I would get the kind that can hook up to a watering hose for easy spray, that way I could cover more easily. When I say "every season", I meant every "growing season". I apologize if it was a bit ambiguous. I use plant tone at the beginning of every growing season (early early Spring).
I planted 25 Arborvitaes in October 2024 and they are Browning even though i feed them and water them? but problem is about a foot down the soil turns into Clay so will they grow ok in Clay ?
Are the interior needles what's browning? Keep in mind, in the winter as the emerald greens become dormant, the interior needles will brown and drop. This is completely normal. When they flush out in the spring and summer, you won't even notice.
@@bradmeetsworld My Arborvitaes are about 1 1/2 to 2 feet tall and some are browning on the outside as well as in side? Should I wait til Spring? Can they come back green?
@@MichaelBrown-np1kc is it going from green to lime green to brown or directly to brown? Is it just the tips of the emerald greens that are browning? When you planted them, did you keep the root ball a few inches ABOVE the clay soil?
I planted them mid Sept. and I dug a hole deep enuff to put soil in the hole then the bushes with top exposed because the ground in the mobile home park is about 6 to 7 inches deep of solid Clay the rest of the way down. I dug deep enuff to put a couple of inches on the bottom of the hole and soil all around the sides. leaving the top on the pot they came in exposed. I'm hoping they can be saved? I live in Mass. Any help would be grateful. Michael in Mass.
@@MichaelBrown-np1kc It sounds like your trees are just going into dormancy. You've done everything right. The only other thing to be careful of is that you aren't watering too much since we are in the dormancy season. By that I mean - -your emerald greens are drinking as much water as they do in the spring and summer time. I would only give supplemental watering once a month (if you have no rain). In the spring, you'll get some nice growth coming into, guaranteed
Great question. I would recommend that you give them at least a gallon of water every 2 weeks. Ideally, if you have the time, I would do it every week. This is especially important during peak growing season. For reference, my emerald greens are in clay soil. I didn't amend with anything. Of course, if you get frequent rain you can cut back on the amount of water accordingly.
That's interesting that your findings are different from mine :) I've compared growth of emerald greens grown with plant-tone amended soil versus emerald greens without... and the ones with plant-tone absolutely do perform better. Not only is the growth healthier but it's also more vigorous.
Thanks Brad for the video. I planted about 45, 3 foot trees this past spring. Your tips will help me. Thanks again.
I hope they continue to thrive for you! I'm also glad that you enjoyed watching the video.
I just bought 4, thank you nice video.
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm sure under your care those trees are going to thrive!
@@bradmeetsworld I believe they will thrive because of your information given. I’m following your full instruction and advice. Thank you
How many seconds to run garden hose full open on each tree, and how many days apart?
It depends on how wet / dry it has been. If you're in a drought, I'd water once every 7 days, and keep the water hose at each tree for a minimum of 20 seconds. After you water for 20 seconds, stick a rod down in the soil to make sure the water fully penetrated / soaked in. If it didn't, do another 20 seconds.
Nicely done. I agree with everything you said. I would add however a caution though about poor drainage and root rot.
Thank you for the feedback, Monty! Great call on the drainage and something I failed to mention in the video. I've seen neighbors that have had failing emerald green arborvitae due to poor drainage.
@@bradmeetsworldcan you elaborate on poor drainage? I'm new to planting and planted 10 of these early spring and want to get as much info on how to keep them alive and well. Thank you!
@@Voltis-5 What kind of soil do you have? If you have clay soil, you'll want to amend it with something that can break the soil up -- try a little bit of pine bark. I have clay soil but don't amend, however if you're new to planting and want to increase success, it'll be beneficial to amend the soil. If you don't want to amend the soil, plant the crown of the plant about 2 inches above the soil. That's what I do and it works perfectly!
So I'll go back to the original question, what kind of soil do you have :)
@@bradmeetsworld I do have clay once I hit about 3-4ft down and I planned about an inch above the soil as well. Only thing I didn't do is fertilizer but I do water then about 2-3x a week which I probably should do more.
@@Voltis-5 If you're experiencing heat like we are in zone 8B, then 2-3x a week is plenty. What you want to make sure you do is that you water thoroughly and completely when you DO water. After about a month you want to back off to about 1x a week. Then after another month you want to back off further and only water during periods of extremely drought. Since it's clay soil 3-4ft down, you shouldn't bother to amend your soil. Simply ensure that the crown of the emerald green is about an inch or 2 above soil level and you'll be all set! I would also highly recommend that you use fertilizer :)
Hi Brad. I planted eight 3-foot arborvitaes in March. So far, so good 🤞. They're growing fast!
Water water water! A couple of them have 2 or 3 leads. Should I snip them now or wait until spring? They're so pretty they make me nervous! BTW your arborvitaes look great!
@@audijo6562 that’s awesome! It’s best the maintain a single lead. I would go ahead and remove the extra leads now. This is what I do throughout the season and it helps maintains the beautiful conical shape. There will be no negative side effects if you decide to prune the extra leads back.
Yours look very healthy, what product do you use to prevent bagworms? You said you use plant tone for every season…spring, summer, fall & winter?? Thx!
Thank you for the kind words :). I'm not sure where you're located, but if you're in the continental U.S., I would use Spectracide's Triazicide. I would get the kind that can hook up to a watering hose for easy spray, that way I could cover more easily.
When I say "every season", I meant every "growing season". I apologize if it was a bit ambiguous. I use plant tone at the beginning of every growing season (early early Spring).
I planted 25 Arborvitaes in October 2024 and they are Browning even though i feed them and water them? but problem is about a foot down the soil turns into Clay so will they grow ok in Clay ?
Are the interior needles what's browning? Keep in mind, in the winter as the emerald greens become dormant, the interior needles will brown and drop. This is completely normal. When they flush out in the spring and summer, you won't even notice.
@@bradmeetsworld My Arborvitaes are about 1 1/2 to 2 feet tall and some are browning on the outside as well as in side? Should I wait til Spring? Can they come back green?
@@MichaelBrown-np1kc is it going from green to lime green to brown or directly to brown? Is it just the tips of the emerald greens that are browning? When you planted them, did you keep the root ball a few inches ABOVE the clay soil?
I planted them mid Sept. and I dug a hole deep enuff to put soil in the hole then the bushes with top exposed because the ground in the mobile home park is about 6 to 7 inches deep of solid Clay the rest of the way down. I dug deep enuff to put a couple of inches on the bottom of the hole and soil all around the sides. leaving the top on the pot they came in exposed. I'm hoping they can be saved? I live in Mass. Any help would be grateful. Michael in Mass.
@@MichaelBrown-np1kc It sounds like your trees are just going into dormancy. You've done everything right. The only other thing to be careful of is that you aren't watering too much since we are in the dormancy season. By that I mean - -your emerald greens are drinking as much water as they do in the spring and summer time. I would only give supplemental watering once a month (if you have no rain). In the spring, you'll get some nice growth coming into, guaranteed
How much water?
Great question. I would recommend that you give them at least a gallon of water every 2 weeks. Ideally, if you have the time, I would do it every week. This is especially important during peak growing season. For reference, my emerald greens are in clay soil. I didn't amend with anything.
Of course, if you get frequent rain you can cut back on the amount of water accordingly.
@@bradmeetsworld thank you!
I noticed Plant tone doesn’t do much for the emerald green. The nutrients aren’t that high.
That's interesting that your findings are different from mine :)
I've compared growth of emerald greens grown with plant-tone amended soil versus emerald greens without... and the ones with plant-tone absolutely do perform better. Not only is the growth healthier but it's also more vigorous.