In this post I highlight a video showing what to do with thuja giant starter trees. Check out the video and a few of the tips highlighted below!
Thuja Giant Starter Trees Video
Just a quick video highlighting how I grow my thuja giant starter trees.
You can find this video on my Bren Haas YouTube Channel. Be sure to reach out if you are having issues viewing this or consider following me on YouTube. Pop me a message below so I know to find you on YouTube to follow back!
Thuja Giant Starters
In the video I highlight what the cute little tree staters look like when they arrived. You maybe wondering what the heck we are going to do with 50 of these trees. My husband and I hope to add a new border around the pond with these trees. There are so many reasons to consider this variety when creating a privacy or wind block on your property. I share more about the thuja varieties on my site at: Exploring The Green Giant Arborvitae in Brens Garden.
You maybe wondering why we bought the trees so small. Over the years I have learn that the arborvitae grow better when added to the landscape around their 3-4 year of growth. Ordering plants from the Soil and Water Conservation District over the past 10 years was a great learning experience. My goal is the keep these in 1/2 gallon containers this year and hopefully move up to the 1 gallon landscape containers next year. Once they get to about 4-5 feet tall I hope to move them to their permanent spot in the landscape.
How to Take Care of the Thuja Giant Starter Trees
The video in this post gives tips on how to care for the thuja giant starter trees. You will want to remove them from the shipping box and get them watered as soon as you can. Store the plants in a cool, dry location until you are ready to get them out of the small pots they arrive in. YOU DO NOT want to keep them in those small growing containers for long. Moving the plant to a container where the roots have room to grow is ideal. HOWEVER, I wouldn’t put the starter in the container that is 10 times its size. I am not sure why … that just never worked for me.
Landscape Trees To Consider
Below are a few post featuring some of the trees I’ve grown over the past years. I hope you check them out and consider growing some of your own.
Sweet Cherry Pie Tree In My Home Garden
A quick review featuring the beautiful dwarf and large harvest Cherry Pie Tree in my home garden. See video review and other details on this post.
Yellow Peach Fruit Tree Review
Can you believe I was waiting for this lovely fruit to turn peach color? Little did I know it was a yellow peach variety. In this post I share the beautiful yellow peach fruit tree harvest in a review. Find the video and images here! Yellow Peach Fruit Tree Review Video You can only imagine my surprise to find that the pale peaches in the 12 foot tree in my yard was ready to harvest. I had been waiting for the fruit to turn peach color. This was the tree my husband and I moved from the orchard area over to my cut flower garden in 2016. for some reason, it took 6 years to finally produce a harvest. The healthy harvest produced a juicy and a modest sweet fruit. In the video below I share what that experience was like and tips on how I grew it. This is a feature from my Ohio home garden so be sure to check your area to see if peach tree will do well. You can find this video and more on my Bren Haas YouTube Channel. I love doing product reviews so be sure to subscribe to my mailing list to find out more. More About The Yellow Peach Fruit Tree The Peach Tree Stands over 10 feet tall Juicy and Light Sweet The tag I have on file is ‘Crestspring’ peach tree. Once again, someone got the tags mixed up during shipping locally. After doing research I am thinking this just maybe the Desert Gold Peach tree. After doing some searching I found this variety on a few of my favorite sites. The description of the tree fit what I have growing here in my Ohio home garden. Not only is the tree a beautiful shape, it appears to be self pollinating. Listed below are some of the reasons I love this tree: Harvest in Late August The Beautiful Peach in August The spring blooms are very fragrant Easy to Grow with little pruning Perfect tree for hardiness zone 6-9 Tree height averages around 12 -19 feet Beautiful harvest of a yellow peach with mild sweet flavor Thank you for stopping by my website today! Peach Harvest Recipes Don’t miss these recipes I love to make with my peach harvests each year. Just do a quick search under ‘Peach Recipes’ to find the latest entries on my website. Let’s Connect After reading this post and checking out the video review I would love to hear from you. What do you think of the harvest from this variety. Have you ever grown peaches in your home garden? Be sure to reach out to me on my contact page featured on my website. Happy Peach Tree Growing,
How to Grow A Blueberry Plant
In this post I share my tips and tricks for growing your own blueberry plants. Check out the video and images with tips below because you’ll love growing your own edibles. How To Grow A Blueberry Plant Video In the video feature here today check out this gorgeous blueberry plant growing in Ohio. I’ve got a harvest coming on in early June on this beauty. Basic growing tips and some varieties I recommend are features below. Thanks for checking out this video on my website today. You can find more of my creative living and growing videos on Bren Haas YouTube Channel. If you have an account on that network be sure to subscribe to show your support. Blueberry Varieties I Recommend In the past few years I’ve grown many different types of edible blueberry plants. It has been a treat to not only enjoy various flavors but watch the different varieties that become available to home growers. Below are a few of the varieties I recommend checking out for your edible garden today. Perpetua BlueBerry in Container Perpetua Blueberry Plant Perpetua produces two crops of delicious blueberries! The first fruit will appear in mid-summer, and then the plant will flower and set fruit a second time in the fall. The dark green leaves turn to deep red in the winter, making it a beautiful year-round addition to any landscape. In the past, I have used The Jobes Organics Soil Acidifier on my blueberries and hydrangeas. If you can’t find the product locally I have included my Amazon link so it maybe shipped to your home today! Jobes Organics Soil Acidifier on Amazon Bountiful Blue Berry Award winning variety with the bluest of foliage and we enjoy in the dome greenhouse year-round. Pink-blushed flowers produce a big crop of large, sweet, juicy berries on a compact, mounded shrub. Perfect for hedges or planting in large tubs. Self-fertile, though planting with another variety may increase yields. Needs only 150-200 winter chill hours. Semi-evergreen in mild climates. This is a plant I grew from Monrovia. Bushel and Berry Blueberry Buckle What a cute little plant that is perfect for containers. I’ve grown this for a many years after they were introduced to me by Star® Roses and Plants. Bushel & Berry® Blueberry Buckle is an amazing new blueberry bush that is small, bushy and totally ornamental. Leaves are small and red in spring and purple-red in fall giving it loads of color interest in the home garden. The white flowers appear in spring, followed by a crop of tasty blueberries in early summer. I find this to be a cute and fun plant to grow in containers. Todays Blueberry Plants The video from my Facebook page featuring Monrovia Blueberry Plants. I’ve grown a few different Monrovia blueberry shrubs in my home garden and totally recommend them. In this video (Above) Jonathan Pedersen CEO of Monrovia Plants shares about the new blueberry plants for home growers. Thanks for stopping by my website today. I hope you consider staying longer and checkout out other edible things you can grow at home. More Edible Gardening Check out this fun growing and eating posts on my website today! My Blueberry Harvest in Early June Let’s Connect Thank you for checking out my video and images today. I look forward to share with you more of my personal experience from home and garden. Be sure to connect with me on this post by leaving a message or over on my contact page. Happy Gardening,
Arbequina Olive Tree Update
Todays post is really exciting for me because I do believe I have Arbequina Olive Tree harvest on the way! In this post you will see a video featuring what the tree looks like and what I’ve been doing to get fruit. Arbequina Olive Tree Update Year Two It was a toasty day in the dome but I LOVE IT and so do the fun things growing inside. No filters in todays video… sorry I was little sweaty and super excited to share with you the olive trees. Check out the video below! I love making videos to show you what is really going on in my dome. I appreciate you taking the time to check out my videos. You can find most of my videos on Bren Haas Channel features on YouTube. IF you have issues viewing or would like to learn more please reach out to me on my website! Arbequina Olive Tree Observations As mentioned in the video, these two trees have been growing in my dome since Autumn 2019. You can read about where I found them on an early post: The trees have not grown much taller but do appear to be getting a little wider. The plants are in a shallow 18″ wide container in a potting soil with succulents growing as a mulch. The small tree is about 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Perfect size for a patio if you don’t have a dome. You will have to move them indoors before a freeze arrives because the tree doesn’t like to go below 20*F. Mine have been doing amazing where the temperature doesn’t drop below 45*F during the winter season. hundreds of Olives Forming birds eye view of the olive tree in dome Obviously, I will have to do another post to let you know what happens to these little ‘olive’ nubs. I hope I will have a harvest to share with you by summers end. Be sure to subscribe to my website email to find out more More About Container Gardening On My Site Below are a few of my favorite links to container gardening that you may enjoy. I recommend trying a few trees in containers just to see if it is something you enjoy. You maybe surprised! Thank you for checking out my video about the Arbequina Olive Tree Today. More fun things going on in the dome include this Avocado tree producing new leaves! Let’s Connect After checking out my post about the Arbequina Olive Tree I would love to hear what you think of this tree. Connect with me on my website is really the best way to get in touch. I’ve been so busy out in the gardens and blogging about my experience that is getting hard for me to find time to be on social media. You can find me over on social @brenhaass if you want to show support and follow. Happy Gardening,
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Let’s Connect
I would love to hear from you and your experience with the Thuja Giant Starter Trees. Do you grow them in your home garden? Be sure to reach out to me by commenting below on my site.
Happy Gardening,
