Disease on Thuja

 


I planted a row of Thuja plicata atrovirens, about 4 years ago, the
plants I
purchased were 4ft tall and looked healthy and bushy at the
time. They have now
grown in height to between 6 and 8ft, but they are
now very spindly and thin
with very little foliage.  Some are so thin it
hardly looks like there is any
hedge at all!   I have looked on the
internet and they seem to have a disease
that looks like Keithia blight,
any new growth is soon damaged by the blight.
Is this a disease they
will recover from, and will they later become more bushy?
or will they
just get taller and remain spindly?  I have not trimmed them as I
wanted
these to grow into large trees, as there is plenty of space for them, Is
it time I cut them down and replaced them, with something else, or wait
longer
for them to recover?  I am in mid-Wales, do they just not grow
well in this area?
Any advice would be appreciated.




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Julian200

 


Julian200;894753 Wrote:

anyone confirm this is

as its the same

Has anyone else grown these Thuja plicata atrovirens, in the uk? How
well did
they grow?




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Julian200