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| Due to the heavy snow we had these past two days, many of our arborvitae are slumped over due to the weight of the snow. They are 5/6 years old and are about 7 feet tall. Will this cause serious damage? It is difficult to get to them to clear them off due to the snow drifts - we are hoping that they will bounce back up when the snow melts.
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 11, 10 at 13:27
| either get out in the drifts.. or quit worrying about it ... you need to GENTLY knock off whatever excess weight you can ... so that they can begin to start becoming more upright ... anything broken will have to be pruned out in spring .... some may need to be wrapped with twine to get them back up ... and some might need to be staked ... but most.. will be able to solve the problem themselves ... only time will tell .. peeps in snow country.. avoid these for the reason you have discovered... or they tie them up in fall.. or insure that they are single leader plants to begin with... of which.. none of that is helpful to you now ... see how it all goes.. and snap us some pix.. if you want specific help on specific plants... in spring ... good luck ken
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