We breed conifers at home quickly and easily - how to grow thuja from a twig

Tell us in detail how to grow a thuja from a twig. I was on a business trip, I saw my old dream in the park - one with yellow needles. I wanted to collect the cones, but did not find it, maybe she is still young, but I managed to pick the branches. I took them home well, they are all alive, they have not disappeared, and now what to do with them? Put in water so that the roots are allowed, or plant immediately, and where, in a pot?

If you need to get a young thuja in a short time, there is no better way than to cut an adult plant. There is nothing complicated in how to grow a thuja from a branch, no. We all know that the seed method of reproduction takes more time than the vegetative one. In the case of thuja and other conifers, the waiting period for seedlings is even longer due to the large amount of oils that impede germination. Therefore, rooting cuttings is the most optimal breeding option for thuja. It allows you to get a young plant in a couple of years, while retaining all its varietal characteristics.

When is it better to graft thuja

Seedlings grown from cuttings are not as hardy as coniferous seedlings. To increase their survival rate, it is better to harvest the branches at certain periods, namely:

• at the beginning of sap flow, at the end of March;
• at the stage of active growth, in early summer;
• or at the end of the growing season, when sap flow slows down, in October.

It is better to take cuttings from a tree at least 3 years old, from lignified branches. At the same time, they should be with a heel, that is, it is more convenient to tear off a twig or cut it obliquely with a part of the bark. Cuttings must be harvested only from the top of the thuja, not from the lower shoots. Otherwise, the young tree will grow twisted.

The cut branches are cleaned from the needles, leaving it only at the top. And put in a solution at night Kornevin or another growth promoter.

How to grow a thuja from a twig - rooting methods

There are two ways to root cuttings:

1. By placing the twigs in water, which should be changed periodically.
2. By planting in a mixture of sand, peat and earth in equal amounts.

The branches are ready for transplanting when not only roots appear on them, but also young shoots. And where the transplant will be carried out depends on what time of the year the thuja was cuttings. Twigs cut and rooted in spring can be planted in open ground this fall. When cutting in autumn, the twigs must first be planted in pots, and in the spring they must be planted outside. Young thuja are first planted in a school for a couple of years, for growing, because it is easier to care for the seedlings there. And already at the age of 2-3 years, thuja can be transplanted to a permanent place.

The subtleties of growing thuja from twigs