Resuscitation of conifers in spring

As soon as the duration of a sunny day increases, brighter rays appear, plants begin to wake up, start the process of photosynthesis. At the same time, conifers begin to lose moisture and turn yellow under the sun. Our tips site will tell you how you can help conifers in spring.

The portal wrote in detail about how to plant thuja on the site, as well as the choice of conifers for the garden as a whole. It is the conifers that suffer more than other plants in early spring, losing moisture in the sun and not being able to get it from the still frozen ground. This is expressed in yellowing, burnout of needles.

Important! Some varieties of thuja take on a bronze tint in winter and this is normal. Therefore, you should not immediately panic, confusing just a slightly yellowed tree with a burned out.

First, let’s tell you how you can prevent the needles from burning out in early spring:

• Cover, shade from the sun. For example, ordinary matting, burlap, facade mesh, spruce branches, straw, other covering materials.
• Begin spilling the soil under the plant with warm water so that it can receive moisture until the soil warms up in the sun. This is best done in the morning, because at night there may still be frosts and watering will not give the desired effect.
• Back in December, treat the conifers with an anti-inspirant. For example, “Purshat-O”. Due to the wax, this drug will be fixed on the needles and protect it from moisture loss, preventing it from evaporating.

If the conifers still turn yellow under the spring sun, you need to take emergency measures to revive them:

1. Spill abundantly with warm water, hoping that the plant will recover.
2. Remove yellowed needles. Do not touch the branches yet, they may not be damaged. Only if after a couple of months, if you make sure that the branches are also dry, you can cut them.
3. In cloudy and calm weather, treat the crown of plants with anti-stress and growth-stimulating drugs. For example, “Epinom”, “Epinom-extra” alternating with “Zircon”. It will take two to three months to spray every 10 days so that the plant has time to recover..
4. To feed the conifers with fertilizers, you can use liquid nitrogen-containing ones for such species. Liquid fertilizers are absorbed faster and help plants to recover. Nitroammophoska can be applied under the roots in May.
5. Don’t forget about mulching! After watering and fertilizing, cover the tree trunk circle with mulch, such as straw, sawdust, or pine needles from the Christmas tree..

Important! In the overwhelming majority of cases, conifers burned in the sun in early spring can be saved. They are recovering. But if almost the entire crown has suffered, it is possible that nothing can be done. Although, of course, you can try. You will always have time to buy a new thuja, juniper or spruce.