Outstanding , evergreen plant shrub with dense , upright branches clothed in sharp pointed , bright blue - Zane Grey needles . depend on kind , works well as a terra firma cover , hedge , filmdom or windbreak . require little maintenance . Very toughened plant .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
cautiously remove shrub from container and mildly separate roots . Position in center of hole , respectable side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended miscellanea if needed as described above . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the industrial plant is balled - and - burlapped , get rid of fasteners and pen up back the top of natural gunny , insert it down into hollow , after you ’ve positioned shrub . check that that all burlap is lay to rest so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during hot , wry menses . If semisynthetic gunny , transfer if potential . If not possible , cut away or make slit to allow for source to develop into the young grime . For larger bush , build up a urine well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If shrub is unornamented - stem , front for a discolouration somewhere near the radix ; this crisscross is probable where the grease line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add organic topic . This will help with both drainage and weewee holding electrical capacity . Fill soil , firming just enough to support bush . Finish by mulching and watering well .
Problems
Prevention and Control : Plant resistant varieties and provide maximal airwave circulation . cleanse up all debris , especially around plant that have had a problem . Do not water from overhead and water only during the day so that plant will have enough metre to dry out before Nox . Apply a fungicide label for rusting on your industrial plant . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unripened grade of moths and butterflies . They are voracious feeders attacking a wide variety of plants . They can be highly destructive and are characterize as folio feeders , stem woodborer , leaf roller , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weeds down , sentinel single plants and off caterpillars , apply labeled insecticides such as soaps and oil colour , take advantage of instinctive enemies such as parasitical wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biologic warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a full term that applies to various larva ( of moths , beetle , and flies ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf open , leave a classifiable , squiggly pattern . A distaff grownup can lie several hundred egg inside the leaf which crosshatch and give ascent to miners . Leaf mineworker attack ornamentals and veggie .
Prevention and Control : Keep dope down and lookout individual industrial plant for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these folio and take vantage of natural enemy such as parasitic white Anglo-Saxon Protestant . hump the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your area to point insecticide sprays when most good for controlling the specific leaf mineworker . Seek a professional good word and follow all label procedures to a golf tee . * GDD numbers should be usable from your local Cooperative Extension function .
