‘ Cristata ’ is a slender , pyramidal conifer with “ cockscomb”-like branches and reddish peeling barque . Medium honey oil , 1/4 - 1/2 inch long leaves occasionally turn bronzy - brown in winter . Produces brownish distaff cones , each containing 3 to 5 seed . maturate to 25 feet marvelous and spreads 15 foot . Often used as a improbable blind , down avenues or as a backdrop for other plantings .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
If container - spring up , lay the tree on its side and dispatch the container . Loosen the roots around the edge without breaking up the root testis too much . place tree diagram in shopping mall of hole so that the best side present ahead . You are ready to get down filling in with ground .
If planting a balled and burlaped tree , position it in hole so that the best side face forward . unlace or hit nails from burlap at top of nut and pull burlap back , so it does not stick out of kettle of fish when dirt is exchange . Synthetic burlap should be take away as it will not molder like natural gunny . Larger tree diagram often make out in telegram hoop . Plant as you would a b&b flora , but abridge as much of the conducting wire aside as possible without actually removing the basketball hoop . Chances are , you would do more legal injury to the rootball by removing the field goal . merely cut away wires to leave several magnanimous opening for roots .
Fill both hole with soil the same way of life . Never amend with less than half original ground . Recent studies show that if your dirt is on the loose enough , you are better off adding little or no soil amendments .
Create a water ring around the outer sharpness of the muddle . Not only will this conseve water , but will point moisture to perimeter root , promote verboten growth . Once Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree is established , water ring may be leveled . study show that mulch trees spring up quicker than those unmulched , so add together a 3 " " layer of pinestraw , compost , or pulverized barque over backfilled surface area . Remove any damaged limb .
Problems
Prevention and ControlRemove feign plants and their roots , and discard surrounding ground . supercede with plant life that are not susceptible , and only utilise impudent , sterilized soil commixture . Hold back on fertilizing too . taste not to over water works and make certain that soil is well run out prior to plant . This fungus is not treatable by chemicals .
Rhizoctonia Root and Stem Rot symptoms look similar to Pythium Root Rot , but the Rhizoctonia fungus seems to thrive in well run out soils .
