Are you allowed to chop thuja?
The answer to the question is clearly yes. You can chop a tree of life, even if the tree is highly poisonous. There is only a strong risk of poisoning if you consume parts of the thuja.
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However, you should be aware that some people may already have an allergic reaction if they inhale tiny particles of thuja. When chopping, these particles cannot be prevented from escaping.
Therefore, chop on a windless day so that the particles are not carried away as far. Wear protection over your mouth and nose to protect your airways.
- Only chop healthy thuja
- Choose a windless day
- Wear respiratory protection
- Put leftovers on the compost
- or use as a mulch blanket
Put leftover thuja on top of the compost
You can safely put the chopped remains of the thuja hedge on the compost bring. There the essential oils decompose without posing any danger to humans or animals.
It is best to mix thuja waste with other compost materials. humus Made exclusively from thuja is very acidic and not suitable for some plants.
To be on the safe side, you should cover thuja compost to prevent children or animals from getting on it.
Use chopped thuja as a mulch blanket
The chopped residues of the tree of life can also be used very well as a mulch cover for the thuja hedge. Simply sprinkle them under the hedge.
In this way you supply the tree of life with important nutrients and avoid one Overfertilization through mineral fertilizers. In addition, the weeds under the hedge can be kept away so well.
Only chop and compost a healthy tree of life
If the thuja is infected with fungi or pests, you must neither chop it nor put it on the compost. By crushing the fungus spores spread even further in the garden and infest other plants.
Diseased arborvitae remains belong in the household garbage and not in the garden!
Tips
What is true of chopping thuja is also true of that Burn the trimmings of a thuja hedge are valid. There is no danger from the toxins. But observe the municipal regulations for the incineration of garden waste.
