Thanks for this video. I planted nine of these here in Pennsylvania, six feet apart for a quick privacy hedge about seven years ago that I bought at a local nursery. At the time they were about seven feet tall. It didn't take long for them to take off, now they are about 30 feet tall. Negihbors and visitors have given me complements on them. It is a great alternative to fence especially since our deck is on the second level of our home.
Really cool to hear. I planted these as very small plants and I think they are going to start really putting on some size over the coming years. A little extra water would probably help.
WOW!!! I'm with you, I love those trees, and I have cloned some of my own. I hope they will grow some this year, it is their first real year of life on their on, they are potted up and ready to grow. Thanks to you, I can do all of these things and my place is getting so beautiful. My love to you and all of your family.
Yasss!!! So satisfying to finally see the green giant update!!! One of a kind experience to see how the cuttings have grown over the years! Please post Atleast 1 update per year! Don’t think I can wait to 2025 for the next one!!
LOL, not sure why this took me so long but I'll do more updates sooner. I'm hoping they really start putting on growth fast now that they're established.
oh here we go baby it's finally here! green giant factory! lookin blessed up on that property. every inch those green giant grow is like money getting printed out of thin air. jah bless!
I’m going to pay better attention to the green giants I recently planted along the side fence. Hopefully I can get them to grow faster with more consistent summer watering. I’ll do more updates more frequently.
Nice job, Mike! There is no telling how much doe you're saving by growing from cuttings and having a little patience. I planted six of the Green Giant Arborvitae this year - my first ones ever. Also, I purchased and planted an evergreen for the birds. It is called a Gin Fizz, and I hope to attract some Cedar Waxwing Birds from the berries it produces. You should try cuttings from these as well. Take care!
I love these trees and don't think you can go wrong planting them. They have such a beautiful growth habit and the new green growth in the spring is outstanding!
Wow! Interesting how went all your arborvitae trees in different situations after many years.Wonderful 🤗 I still have my cypress in pots after many years 😅 I have to much to do, to water my plants and already made a filter of 55 gallons with cotton, big stones, small stones, heavy sand and fine sand then charcoals to get a much better water to keep healthy my plants lol then I will made a waterway with huge PVC, cutting the upper and put sand then charcoal (helps a lot) and a lot little stones it will keep clean the PVC, it will flow slow to the plants also is good for all the pollinators (specially my bees) and birds. I hope it's works and looks good if not then plan B. Mike? lol you always get skinny in spring time but healthy 😜 Thanks Mike for your videos updates you encourage me to continue to gardening too ..🤜🤛
I would be ecstatic having such an abundance of arborvitaes, they're beautiful and my favorite evergreen. I'm going to have to try that! Great video to save.👍
Wow, Mike, there are a lot of roots in that tote! They will probably grow like crazy now that they've had a reprieve from the confined root space. I hope you show their growth progress at the end of the year. Will they be over-wintered in the hoop-house or outside? 🌲🌿 Last year I planted three very small arborvitae trees (about a foot tall each) 4 ft apart, and 3 feet away from my iron fence. Hopefully, these will provide a bit of privacy from the neighbor's windows on that side of my house. They have quite a bit of growing to do before that will happen, but they are starting to grow and fill out. My hope is to try propagating some cuttings next year... we'll see. I hope your family is having a great summer! ~Margie💕🦋
They're all in the one gallon pots and starting to get established. It'll be a couple years before they're big enough to plant out but they are showing promise already.
I had to take some cuttings from my green Giant today as it got crushed by the snowfall we had this winter. I don’t have bottom heat so I hope they will be OK. As I mentioned to you before, they sent popular here in Nova Scotia so I hope to change that. Would love to see an annual update on yours to see their progress. Cheers.
Oh man, sorry to hear that Chuck. I would think they should handle snow, but you probably get much more than I’m use to here. I’ll do an update for you when the growing season begins. Send me a reminder in a couple months.
If I may offer my observation. I watched your original video years ago as I also planted about 50 1 footers also at the same time. You trucked in a lot of wood chips and planted right into them. Wood chips would need at least 1-2 seasons to break down. That would definitely cause stunting and death to new trees. The ones you have need pruning to fill in and thicken up. Make them conical like a Christmas tree. That will also trigger them to grow more. You can prune them twice a year. Winter and then up to mid summer. I have slow growers under some taller trees as well. They definitely enjoy as much sun as possible. I have also mulched around the base of the trees with straw. That will help keep in any moisture as long as possible. Best of luck and thanks for the long awaited video update.
Thanks for the observations. I actually planted these down in the soil and then pushed the wood chips back over the surface. I also fertilize every year. The biggest factors I’ve noticed are the sun and water. All were planted in the same soil and wood chips but the ones getting more sun and water are taking off. The new row I planted and showed in this video is taking off much quicker. I’ve watered them about twice a week all summer and it’s done wonders for their growth. There’s also more sun and less big fir trees to compete with.
Your videos always leave me satisfied and smiling, Mike! 😉. Hehe That kinda stinks they haven’t really taken off on the front fence line. Just steady as they grow. It’s been a while since I added to my Green Giant notes. I appreciate you sharing, brother.
Absolutely brilliant Mr K. Thanks again mate. What ever happened to the conifers you bought bare rooted and the three girls planted up mate. All the best Joe 👍
I'm a new grower I have purchased and done some propagation. I think I need a greenhouse to protect young plants from the sun. I think I burned 50 Douglas firs. Do you have any videos on that? Im making to many costly mistakes coming out of winter. I need to watch all you videos. I'm also growing10 types of figs, green giants, emerald greens, Japanese maples, boxwoods, apples, rose of Sharon, all types of spruce and firs.
Great video Mike! Can you link the video where you took the Green giant cuttings? I would love to learn more about propagating evergreens. Love your channel!
I've got a ton of green giant videos but here's the first one I did about rooting them: ruclips.net/video/cBUfJ_3bmBA/видео.html And here's a link to the 3 part series where I rooted these specific green giants in this video: ruclips.net/video/iBnIDaV-KhY/видео.html | ruclips.net/video/hVZmvR8LNS8/видео.html | ruclips.net/video/Rqvb9LRT9XQ/видео.html
Might be late notice but planting 6-8" seedlings in 16" or three gallon planters saves transplanting for 8 months to 5years, even if you slip on ice and sit on them every year
Excellent video, Mike! Found your channel in my quest for info about these trees. Do you happen to know what variety of the green giant this is? I live in rural Arkansas and love this natural looking style more than the dense shape you referenced when you first showed those 4 year old trees.
Glad you found the videos, Jake. As far as I know, there are no specific varieties that are named within the green giant trees. I've personally noticed 2 different forms of growth with them though, and in all my searching, there is nothing that mentions this. It's only an observation of mine.
I'm not sure if they are a problem in your area but here in NC we don't bother much with the Leyland Cypress because they are more susceptible to bagworms than other screening tree species.
hi, I bought a few green giants last year. They were in the FedEx truck 9 days so when they arrived they were not very healthy, but they recovered. They were extremely root bound so after they were recovered from the transport I transplanted them into much larger containers. Now, mid-May, I just transplanted them into the ground. Hopefully last week we had our last freezing nights of the season. Two questions, first you say you water some of them a lot, how much is a lot? My soil is very dry and rocky, so is soaking them every 2 to 3 days too much to get them started? Also something never mentioned, they turn a somewhat ugly deep bronze/brown color in freezing winter temperatures. It's claimed they can take a zone 5 environment, but, although my winter temps never got below the low teens *F my winter does sometimes last a very long time - 8 to 9 months is not uncommon. How long does it take for them to turn green again? Are there any similar Arborvitae that does not turn bronze or brown colored in the winter? Does anybody grow these where the winters get very cold and if so, how long does it take for your green giants to turn green again? I really wanted a fast-growing evergreen that stays green all winter to plant along the property line. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.
Water them at least once a week. Ideally you would have a drip system that constantly keeps the ground moist. They do turn somewhat bronze at the tips in the winter. Originally this turned me off but I really like it now. It’s just the tips and outer edges of branches that turn bronze. The new growth comes out lime green in spring and turns deep green. They remain deep green until the freezing weather starts up.
Do you have a video on how and where you cut from the green giants? I’m getting ready to order a bunch of them for a windbreak/privacy at my new property and have room for lots more and like the idea of growing the rest versus buying as 30 3-4ft trees is expensive
Arctic fir grow over 20 foot in 8 years and youll find 6"-3' seedlings throughout your yard for years, lol, i just dug a 30" sapling for a friend and opened up more space for burning bush on one side and hardy yucca on the other
Love watching your program. Is it possible that a bird must have dropped an arborvitae tree seed on my front hill. It is the only one that I have and I did not ever water it or prune it. It must be about nine feet tall now. Can something like this happen? The arborvitae looks beautiful just where it is.....
Looking good Mike. I put composted horse manure as a top dressing on ours,there really looking nice. Deer are a problem here too. One got hammered but a new leader is taking off. Deer got all the apples already too.
Yes it is I just can't get anything done. It's like I'm overworked or something. I was supposed to be off yesterday and had to go in for 8 hours at 1:00 in the afternoon . Trying to get ready for my two oldest girl's birthday party . Hahaha I know I mean I cry baby. But someone stole my blankie.
Hi Mike, nice. I have an update question for you. What's the latest on you bonsai fig stump. You had a fig "cutting" that was about 5"(+/-) in diameter that you rooted.
Hi Mike, I'm a new hobby grower and we have hundreds of plants and trees on a small lot. I am interested in how you repair your damaged plants. Do you have any videos about this process?
Great video Mike! Incredible growth on those trees. Do you have any videos of your fence setup or links to the materials? We’re going for a ranch style look to our front and what you did is perfect. Thanks!
Thanks! We love this style of fence. I wish I had videos on it but I did all that right at the start of my channel and didn't film it at the time. Didn't realize someone would want to see it, lol. We just used 7x4-5 posts, concreted them in the ground about 2 feet deep, and ran 48 inch range master fencing. I used the same posts or longer for the cross braces. I originally had plans to run more horizontal posts up and down, but it got costly and I ran out of time. We like how it turned out. Oh, and the gate posts are 8x6 round treated posts that are 3 feet deep, with about 6 bags of concrete in each hole. Maybe I can do a quick video for you.
Mike, I'm about 1.5 hours north of you and the watering and light is HUGE for the green giants. Many people who have dead ones are because of lack of water for the whole first year. And, after that, they can look bad or weak without water, especially during our summers. I have had mine on a slow drip system for a couple years and they are everything you want in a Green Giant. Also, I clipped a bunch of Alaska Weeping Cedar branches to see how the cuttings work out (2 months ago). For years, I've loved the look of these, but they are crazy expensive. And, like you, I've got the Green Arborvitae for hedge/privacy barriers, but my and I want some different looks with more visibility. They are narrow and real eye catchers, but the Alaskan Weeping Cedars are not as thick/full. Anyway, nice work and thanks!
Right on, thanks for the confirmation on these trees. I’ve always had a feeling that they just need more water. So far they’ve had to fend for themselves. I’d love to see pics of your green giants. If you feel like sharing them, you can find me on Facebook.
I have a 2 foot tall green giant that I’ve been growing from a cutting for the last 2 years. It’s in full sun and watered regularly. I use a 10-10-10 fertilizer but many of the branches are a yellow green color and not dark green like yours. Do you have any recommendations on what I might be doing wrong?
You have inspired me to take some cuttings to make a privacy fence for my home! I don’t have a hoop house and I live in michigan (zone 6a). How would I go about storing during the different seasons? For example, when the cuttings are in the one container and then once I split them all? Concerned with spring vs summer vs the winter months. Appreciate your help!
I'm in zone 5b in Moline IL and have had luck starting Alimeria,smokebush and hydrangeas in ground as well as in small black pots from other plants I purchased on north and west steps. If that placement is not feasible try planting downwind from your exterior lint exhaust vent or bathroom exhaust fan to warm the area through -40 wind-chill as this has preserved my 7' hydrangeas and 3' hostas in ground over ten years
I haven’t don’t it but yes, you can! About 4 years ago, a viewer sent me pics of his green giant hedge. He had trimmed them back twice and they were very thick and bushy. I included those pics in a video but I don’t remember which one. It was quite a few years ago
I don't prune these trees but they can be pruned. If you wanted a hedge like you mentioned then you'd probably want to plant them closer together, like every 2 or 3 foot. They do grow into large trees eventually if left unpruned so they may be the wrong plant for what you're trying to do.
Hello is it ok to use 25 gallon ooze tube for slow drip watering for newly planted 3-4ft height trees? I just planted 13 today and due to the green giant pyramidal shape, its fit kinda snug from the bottom. My landscaper thinks this should be fine. But I wanted an expert opinion.
30 foot in 6 years sounds like pie in the sky. If you find it, let me know. These have been in ground about 6 years now and finally started really filling in well last summer. They’re probably at 12 feet now and taking off. If I had drip irrigation on them, I probably could have cut that time down by a year or 2.
They get a dark bronze color in winter. Then the tips turn light green in the early spring and summer. In the mid to late summer, the new light green growth hardens off and turns a darker green. I love the light lime green color they get in the spring.
How do these green giants compare to a eastern red cedar for handling strong Mid west winds out in the open and also getting snow on them and not breaking?? Thanks a lot. These sure seem to grow a lot faster than a cedar would??
So far they've handled all our winds of up to just under 40mph. Snow builds up on them every year and I've never had a broken branch from it on the green giants.
@@MikeKincaid79 that’s what I wanted to hear!! Lol Thanks a lot man I really appreciate it. Now if I can get my cuttings to grow as well as yours did. 👍
Hey, Mike. Do you have holes drilled in your tote for drainage? I’d like to start several dogwood tree and beech tree soft wood cuttings, but it would be easier to start them in a tote full of sand/for bark mixture with a cover for humidity, instead of separate pots inside a tote with a cover. Also, should I take dogwood tree soft wood cuttings after they’ve bloomed and the blooms died off, like with rose semi hardwood cuttings? I took several dogwood tree cuttings about a week ago and placed them in water (but haven’t put them in sand/bark yet), but they all had blooms on them and are dying back now. I’m going to have to take more cuttings and then get them into sand right away. I’m just trying to save as much time as possible with dealing with the cuttings that yields the best results. We’ll be moving soon and won’t have access to these trees much longer. Also, have you intentionally been trying to lose weight? You look a lot skinnier than what you used to. Hopefully you are feeling well.
No holes in this tote but it would be helpful. Tree dogwoods can be rooted as softwood cuttings. I'll have a video out about that soon. My weight fluctuates between 160 and 165 depending on how much pizza and ice cream I eat, lol. Other than that I'm as healthy as an ox.
I have several large green giants (9 feet)I planted last year. All are doing well, but one’s top 1/4th turned dark dark green (maybe dead) while the rest of it and others started new growth. Is there a way I can save the top without cutting it off? The scratch test shows it is still alive but looks dead.
I wonder if it be worth chopping one of the tops of those taller ones to see if taking the main trunk will force side shoots to thicken and fill out? Just a thought but why not sacrifice one top? Great to see the update and take care, watch out for those dang 🐒 bites
It will definitely cause them to thicken. One viewer sent a pic of his green giants that he cut back at 2 different intervals over about 10 years. They were a very thick hedge.
Mike I'm having horrible trouble rooting cuttings. failure of citrus mulberry kumquat. following your videos for a long time. I figure it's too much water not enough oxygen in the rooting medium. Have you heard of using hydrogen peroxide mixed with water to hyperoxygenate soil to stop rot?
I’ve heard of that and it can be helpful but you should t have to do that. Have you tried those cuttings as hardwood cuttings on bottom heat in the early spring, while using clean, well draining, inert medium?
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you for the reply. I'm using only ground up peat moss And sure enough the cuttings rotted. 😔 I have 2 left hasn't rooted or rotted. So I'm adding bottom heat. Could peat moss be the issue? I saw a video by IV organics and he said peat moss is inert but it still rots. He suggested using vermiculite and perlite mix for rooting medium. I just received 5 cuttings in the mail. I would really like to figure out what I'm doing wrong before killing those cuttings. Again thank you for always replying. I'm a big fan of your channel. Not sure if it matters but im in zone 9b south texas. I'm trying to grow a food forest and currently have 30 fruit trees and plants. Im Trying to root fruit tree cuttings to share with family and friends.
@@MikeKincaid79 sir just thought I would let you know I think I figured out why all my cuttings die. I have been using peat moss which I thought was the same as sphagnum moss. But they are completely different. Even all the airlayering failed using peat. It's a shame it took this long to realize. Today I will be switching to sphagnum long fiber moss.
You don’t have deer around. I have heard that deer will eat anything when their other food is gone in the winter. I planted 20 of them and we have some deer. I am going to put a fence around them.
potting up those small plants is a task your girls should be doing. you need to build them a work table with hardware cloth so excess would fall thru, wheels on one end would let them move it as needed.
Oh we willll see about that I'm going to make you get down to Texas soon if it's the last thing you do. Hahaha are growing season is so much longer you can make videos a lot more down here. Lol and I swear I won't make you eat ghost pepper everyday. Ghost pepper one day and Carolina reaper the next see I'm a nice guy.
Love your videos, but my back hurts watching you bent over potting those green giants. Make yourself a potting bench before you hurt your back . I would do things like that when I was young and eventually hurt my back. Recovery from those injuries is a long painful process.
That was a big concern of mine when I started this project. I researched it thoroughly and went ahead with the planting. I've learned a lot about them, and found that they definitely grow thicker and faster in more sun. We'll see what the next few years bring now that they are really getting established.
This is the update i have been waiting for. This is years in the making
Thanks for this video. I planted nine of these here in Pennsylvania, six feet apart for a quick privacy hedge about seven years ago that I bought at a local nursery. At the time they were about seven feet tall. It didn't take long for them to take off, now they are about 30 feet tall. Negihbors and visitors have given me complements on them. It is a great alternative to fence especially since our deck is on the second level of our home.
Really cool to hear. I planted these as very small plants and I think they are going to start really putting on some size over the coming years. A little extra water would probably help.
They do grow fast in the right conditions.
WOW!!! I'm with you, I love those trees, and I have cloned some of my own. I hope they will grow some this year, it is their first real year of life on their on, they are potted up and ready to grow. Thanks to you, I can do all of these things and my place is getting so beautiful. My love to you and all of your family.
Good to hear from you Glenda! Hope you're enjoying all that sunny Florida weather!!!
Yasss!!! So satisfying to finally see the green giant update!!! One of a kind experience to see how the cuttings have grown over the years! Please post Atleast 1 update per year! Don’t think I can wait to 2025 for the next one!!
LOL, not sure why this took me so long but I'll do more updates sooner. I'm hoping they really start putting on growth fast now that they're established.
It's amazing what a little more water and sun can do. Wow. You have a lot going on! But it seems you eventually get er done! Great job bud!
oh here we go baby it's finally here! green giant factory! lookin blessed up on that property. every inch those green giant grow is like money getting printed out of thin air. jah bless!
Hahahaha, I was waiting for your comment!
@@MikeKincaid79 you know it. I appreciate the update. Oh jah!
I’m going to pay better attention to the green giants I recently planted along the side fence. Hopefully I can get them to grow faster with more consistent summer watering. I’ll do more updates more frequently.
Nice job, Mike! There is no telling how much doe you're saving by growing from cuttings and having a little patience. I planted six of the Green Giant Arborvitae this year - my first ones ever. Also, I purchased and planted an evergreen for the birds. It is called a Gin Fizz, and I hope to attract some Cedar Waxwing Birds from the berries it produces. You should try cuttings from these as well. Take care!
I love these trees and don't think you can go wrong planting them. They have such a beautiful growth habit and the new green growth in the spring is outstanding!
Tall and thin in the shade makes a lot of sense they were trying to find the sun
Awesome video, Mike..You have a wonderful, lovely forests with beautiful of nature, as happy chickens around ! 😉🏞🌲🌲🌲🦋🦋👋🐔🐓
It was cool seeing how different they are depending on the amount of sunlight they get
It’s pretty interesting seeing the difference.
Wow! Interesting how went all your arborvitae trees in different situations after many years.Wonderful 🤗 I still have my cypress in pots after many years 😅 I have to much to do, to water my plants and already made a filter of 55 gallons with cotton, big stones, small stones, heavy sand and fine sand then charcoals to get a much better water to keep healthy my plants lol then I will made a waterway with huge PVC, cutting the upper and put sand then charcoal (helps a lot) and a lot little stones it will keep clean the PVC, it will flow slow to the plants also is good for all the pollinators (specially my bees) and birds. I hope it's works and looks good if not then plan B. Mike? lol you always get skinny in spring time but healthy 😜 Thanks Mike for your videos updates you encourage me to continue to gardening too ..🤜🤛
Thank you so much for your support, Barbara, and I'm glad you enjoy the videos!
I have waited a long time for this moment my little GREEN FRIEND😂
Lol
I would be ecstatic having such an abundance of arborvitaes, they're beautiful and my favorite evergreen. I'm going to have to try that! Great video to save.👍
Love evergreens!
I love your Green Giant Arborvitae Mike. Such a beautiful plant. Plus you saved alot of money by cloning your own plants
Yes, that's one of the main takeaways here. You can multiply these things like crazy and save a ton of money.
Ugh! I need to fast forward time to see these trees 🌲 🌲🌲🌲🌲💚💚💚
Hahaha, I completely understand. Wish I could do the same.
Wow, Mike, there are a lot of roots in that tote! They will probably grow like crazy now that they've had a reprieve from the confined root space. I hope you show their growth progress at the end of the year. Will they be over-wintered in the hoop-house or outside? 🌲🌿
Last year I planted three very small arborvitae trees (about a foot tall each) 4 ft apart, and 3 feet away from my iron fence. Hopefully, these will provide a bit of privacy from the neighbor's windows on that side of my house. They have quite a bit of growing to do before that will happen, but they are starting to grow and fill out. My hope is to try propagating some cuttings next year... we'll see. I hope your family is having a great summer! ~Margie💕🦋
They're all in the one gallon pots and starting to get established. It'll be a couple years before they're big enough to plant out but they are showing promise already.
Beautiful plant , well done.
Many thanks!
I had to take some cuttings from my green Giant today as it got crushed by the snowfall we had this winter. I don’t have bottom heat so I hope they will be OK. As I mentioned to you before, they sent popular here in Nova Scotia so I hope to change that.
Would love to see an annual update on yours to see their progress. Cheers.
Oh man, sorry to hear that Chuck. I would think they should handle snow, but you probably get much more than I’m use to here. I’ll do an update for you when the growing season begins. Send me a reminder in a couple months.
Yay finally an update!!! Thank you!!
Welcome!
If I may offer my observation. I watched your original video years ago as I also planted about 50 1 footers also at the same time. You trucked in a lot of wood chips and planted right into them. Wood chips would need at least 1-2 seasons to break down. That would definitely cause stunting and death to new trees.
The ones you have need pruning to fill in and thicken up. Make them conical like a Christmas tree. That will also trigger them to grow more. You can prune them twice a year. Winter and then up to mid summer. I have slow growers under some taller trees as well. They definitely enjoy as much sun as possible. I have also mulched around the base of the trees with straw. That will help keep in any moisture as long as possible. Best of luck and thanks for the long awaited video update.
Thanks for the observations. I actually planted these down in the soil and then pushed the wood chips back over the surface. I also fertilize every year. The biggest factors I’ve noticed are the sun and water. All were planted in the same soil and wood chips but the ones getting more sun and water are taking off. The new row I planted and showed in this video is taking off much quicker. I’ve watered them about twice a week all summer and it’s done wonders for their growth. There’s also more sun and less big fir trees to compete with.
Your videos always leave me satisfied and smiling, Mike! 😉. Hehe
That kinda stinks they haven’t really taken off on the front fence line. Just steady as they grow.
It’s been a while since I added to my Green Giant notes. I appreciate you sharing, brother.
No problem. I’m sure a steady supply of water is key.
Thanks for sharing this 💯 those green giants should block a lot of the road noise too.
Thanks for the update again 👍
Absolutely brilliant Mr K. Thanks again mate. What ever happened to the conifers you bought bare rooted and the three girls planted up mate. All the best Joe 👍
They're starting to put on new growth now.
@@MikeKincaid79 excellent thanks for getting back to me mate 👍 joe
Can’t wait to see update on your biggest rooted fig cutting!
I'll be doing one soon. Spoiler alert, it's just starting to leaf out. We've had late cold weather so everything is a little behind here.
@@MikeKincaid79 can’t wait! Don’t forget other fig too. I’m also start to grow fig this season.
I'm a new grower I have purchased and done some propagation. I think I need a greenhouse to protect young plants from the sun. I think I burned 50 Douglas firs. Do you have any videos on that? Im making to many costly mistakes coming out of winter. I need to watch all you videos. I'm also growing10 types of figs, green giants, emerald greens, Japanese maples, boxwoods, apples, rose of Sharon, all types of spruce and firs.
No videos on greenhouse builds but I plant to do one at some point.
Great video Mike! Can you link the video where you took the Green giant cuttings? I would love to learn more about propagating evergreens. Love your channel!
I've got a ton of green giant videos but here's the first one I did about rooting them: ruclips.net/video/cBUfJ_3bmBA/видео.html And here's a link to the 3 part series where I rooted these specific green giants in this video: ruclips.net/video/iBnIDaV-KhY/видео.html | ruclips.net/video/hVZmvR8LNS8/видео.html | ruclips.net/video/Rqvb9LRT9XQ/видео.html
@@MikeKincaid79 …. You are so kind to reply. I will watch them all! You are the master of propagation! 😀
No problem and thanks for all your support. You’ve been hanging out on the channel a long time.
This is a great example of why people should pace themselves. Don't bite off more than you can chew and you will get better results.
Great to see you Mike! About time! 😉🤗🤗❤🤗🤗 The Leyland cypress growers huge and fast. We have them here in Georgia, they are beautiful!
LOL, been gone awhile.
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Might be late notice but planting 6-8" seedlings in 16" or three gallon planters saves transplanting for 8 months to 5years, even if you slip on ice and sit on them every year
Excellent video, Mike! Found your channel in my quest for info about these trees. Do you happen to know what variety of the green giant this is? I live in rural Arkansas and love this natural looking style more than the dense shape you referenced when you first showed those 4 year old trees.
Glad you found the videos, Jake. As far as I know, there are no specific varieties that are named within the green giant trees. I've personally noticed 2 different forms of growth with them though, and in all my searching, there is nothing that mentions this. It's only an observation of mine.
I'm not sure if they are a problem in your area but here in NC we don't bother much with the Leyland Cypress because they are more susceptible to bagworms than other screening tree species.
I’ve heard about that problem but haven’t seen it over here yet. That was one of the reasons I didn’t originally plant that one.
Great video. I loved all the information.
Thank you Mike.
You’re welcome.
hi, I bought a few green giants last year. They were in the FedEx truck 9 days so when they arrived they were not very healthy, but they recovered. They were extremely root bound so after they were recovered from the transport I transplanted them into much larger containers. Now, mid-May, I just transplanted them into the ground. Hopefully last week we had our last freezing nights of the season. Two questions, first you say you water some of them a lot, how much is a lot? My soil is very dry and rocky, so is soaking them every 2 to 3 days too much to get them started?
Also something never mentioned, they turn a somewhat ugly deep bronze/brown color in freezing winter temperatures. It's claimed they can take a zone 5 environment, but, although my winter temps never got below the low teens *F my winter does sometimes last a very long time - 8 to 9 months is not uncommon. How long does it take for them to turn green again? Are there any similar Arborvitae that does not turn bronze or brown colored in the winter? Does anybody grow these where the winters get very cold and if so, how long does it take for your green giants to turn green again?
I really wanted a fast-growing evergreen that stays green all winter to plant along the property line. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you.
Water them at least once a week. Ideally you would have a drip system that constantly keeps the ground moist. They do turn somewhat bronze at the tips in the winter. Originally this turned me off but I really like it now. It’s just the tips and outer edges of branches that turn bronze. The new growth comes out lime green in spring and turns deep green. They remain deep green until the freezing weather starts up.
Do you have a video on how and where you cut from the green giants? I’m getting ready to order a bunch of them for a windbreak/privacy at my new property and have room for lots more and like the idea of growing the rest versus buying as 30 3-4ft trees is expensive
Yes, several videos about it. Here’s one: ruclips.net/video/cBUfJ_3bmBA/видео.html
Arctic fir grow over 20 foot in 8 years and youll find 6"-3' seedlings throughout your yard for years, lol, i just dug a 30" sapling for a friend and opened up more space for burning bush on one side and hardy yucca on the other
Love watching your program. Is it possible that a bird must have dropped an arborvitae tree seed on my front hill. It is the only one that I have and I did not ever water it or prune it. It must be about nine feet tall now. Can something like this happen? The arborvitae looks beautiful just where it is.....
It’s most likely a cedar tree, which is equally beautiful. Green Giants are a hybrid that must be propagated by cuttings.
Looking good Mike. I put composted horse manure as a top dressing on ours,there really looking nice. Deer are a problem here too. One got hammered but a new leader is taking off. Deer got all the apples already too.
Sorry to hear that man. Deer drive me nuts, and they only seem to go after the plants you don't want them to.
Wow! Great video!
All right all right glad you're putting out a new video one day I will myself 😂
It's spring dude, lol
Yes it is I just can't get anything done. It's like I'm overworked or something. I was supposed to be off yesterday and had to go in for 8 hours at 1:00 in the afternoon . Trying to get ready for my two oldest girl's birthday party . Hahaha I know I mean I cry baby. But someone stole my blankie.
Time to cut back. Work is over rated.
It would be great to see another fertilizer comparison video, maybe also compare rainwater vs tap water?
Good idea.
Growing things is a big job...but worth it.
Great video man, this is helpful to know.
Thanks. Glad to hear it. The trees really took off this year. I’ll have to do another update.
Thanks Mike loved the video!!!
No problem. It’s been several more months and the trees really took off this summer. I’ll have to do another update
Hi Mike, nice. I have an update question for you. What's the latest on you bonsai fig stump. You had a fig "cutting" that was about 5"(+/-) in diameter that you rooted.
Doing well and starting to leaf out. I'll make an update soon.
👈🏼this guy is also anxiously awaiting that update!
Lol
Hi Mike, I'm a new hobby grower and we have hundreds of plants and trees on a small lot. I am interested in how you repair your damaged plants. Do you have any videos about this process?
I just started filming one yesterday with these damaged green giants.
Great video Mike! Incredible growth on those trees. Do you have any videos of your fence setup or links to the materials? We’re going for a ranch style look to our front and what you did is perfect. Thanks!
Thanks! We love this style of fence. I wish I had videos on it but I did all that right at the start of my channel and didn't film it at the time. Didn't realize someone would want to see it, lol. We just used 7x4-5 posts, concreted them in the ground about 2 feet deep, and ran 48 inch range master fencing. I used the same posts or longer for the cross braces. I originally had plans to run more horizontal posts up and down, but it got costly and I ran out of time. We like how it turned out. Oh, and the gate posts are 8x6 round treated posts that are 3 feet deep, with about 6 bags of concrete in each hole. Maybe I can do a quick video for you.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks for the info! Your videos are great and informative so if you do one, I'm sure others would enjoy watching it as well.
Thanks for the update
No problem.
Mike, I'm about 1.5 hours north of you and the watering and light is HUGE for the green giants. Many people who have dead ones are because of lack of water for the whole first year. And, after that, they can look bad or weak without water, especially during our summers. I have had mine on a slow drip system for a couple years and they are everything you want in a Green Giant. Also, I clipped a bunch of Alaska Weeping Cedar branches to see how the cuttings work out (2 months ago). For years, I've loved the look of these, but they are crazy expensive. And, like you, I've got the Green Arborvitae for hedge/privacy barriers, but my and I want some different looks with more visibility. They are narrow and real eye catchers, but the Alaskan Weeping Cedars are not as thick/full. Anyway, nice work and thanks!
Right on, thanks for the confirmation on these trees. I’ve always had a feeling that they just need more water. So far they’ve had to fend for themselves. I’d love to see pics of your green giants. If you feel like sharing them, you can find me on Facebook.
@@MikeKincaid79 I'll get some pics or make a video and send them...
Awesome! I'll keep a look out.
May i ask how often do you water them?
6:15 That looks like a job for little buddies.
I have a 2 foot tall green giant that I’ve been growing from a cutting for the last 2 years. It’s in full sun and watered regularly. I use a 10-10-10 fertilizer but many of the branches are a yellow green color and not dark green like yours. Do you have any recommendations on what I might be doing wrong?
Use a fertilizer with a higher concentration of nitrogen.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you! I will give that a try.
What fertilizer do you recommend?
Hey Mike, question? Can you take a branch off of a established fruit tree, and be able to root it, some how? Thank you, Sincerely Rick
Look up air layering. Grow roots on the branch while it still on the tree.
Yes, air layering works really well. I'd like to try to root a hardwood apple cutting at some point as I get a lot of questions about that one.
You have inspired me to take some cuttings to make a privacy fence for my home! I don’t have a hoop house and I live in michigan (zone 6a). How would I go about storing during the different seasons? For example, when the cuttings are in the one container and then once I split them all? Concerned with spring vs summer vs the winter months. Appreciate your help!
I'm in zone 5b in Moline IL and have had luck starting Alimeria,smokebush and hydrangeas in ground as well as in small black pots from other plants I purchased on north and west steps. If that placement is not feasible try planting downwind from your exterior lint exhaust vent or bathroom exhaust fan to warm the area through -40 wind-chill as this has preserved my 7' hydrangeas and 3' hostas in ground over ten years
How often should you fertilize green giants and what do you use to fertilize them thanks larry
I use a slow release fertilizer once in the spring.
Can I top these arborvitae trees when they are young to make them bushier? Have you tried that? Thanks for your great videos.
I haven’t don’t it but yes, you can! About 4 years ago, a viewer sent me pics of his green giant hedge. He had trimmed them back twice and they were very thick and bushy. I included those pics in a video but I don’t remember which one. It was quite a few years ago
Cool video...if u wanted to make them a boxed hedge about 16' tall how would u of done that or started differently? How about a video on pruning them
I don't prune these trees but they can be pruned. If you wanted a hedge like you mentioned then you'd probably want to plant them closer together, like every 2 or 3 foot. They do grow into large trees eventually if left unpruned so they may be the wrong plant for what you're trying to do.
Hello is it ok to use 25 gallon ooze tube for slow drip watering for newly planted 3-4ft height trees? I just planted 13 today and due to the green giant pyramidal shape, its fit kinda snug from the bottom. My landscaper thinks this should be fine. But I wanted an expert opinion.
Any self watering system will work. As long as you keep the soil moist, these trees will explode with growth after getting established.
I’m looking for thick 20 foot tall hedge type .
Others say in 6 years you can have a 30 foot tall thick as well
30 foot in 6 years sounds like pie in the sky. If you find it, let me know. These have been in ground about 6 years now and finally started really filling in well last summer. They’re probably at 12 feet now and taking off. If I had drip irrigation on them, I probably could have cut that time down by a year or 2.
Can't wait to see 😍
Thank you for the video! I noticed some of them have light green color. Usually they are much darker. Do you know why that is?
They get a dark bronze color in winter. Then the tips turn light green in the early spring and summer. In the mid to late summer, the new light green growth hardens off and turns a darker green. I love the light lime green color they get in the spring.
Thank you Mike! I am new to your channel. Glad to have find you!
How do these green giants compare to a eastern red cedar for handling strong Mid west winds out in the open and also getting snow on them and not breaking?? Thanks a lot. These sure seem to grow a lot faster than a cedar would??
So far they've handled all our winds of up to just under 40mph. Snow builds up on them every year and I've never had a broken branch from it on the green giants.
@@MikeKincaid79 that’s what I wanted to hear!! Lol
Thanks a lot man I really appreciate it. Now if I can get my cuttings to grow as well as yours did. 👍
Hey, Mike. Do you have holes drilled in your tote for drainage? I’d like to start several dogwood tree and beech tree soft wood cuttings, but it would be easier to start them in a tote full of sand/for bark mixture with a cover for humidity, instead of separate pots inside a tote with a cover. Also, should I take dogwood tree soft wood cuttings after they’ve bloomed and the blooms died off, like with rose semi hardwood cuttings? I took several dogwood tree cuttings about a week ago and placed them in water (but haven’t put them in sand/bark yet), but they all had blooms on them and are dying back now. I’m going to have to take more cuttings and then get them into sand right away. I’m just trying to save as much time as possible with dealing with the cuttings that yields the best results. We’ll be moving soon and won’t have access to these trees much longer.
Also, have you intentionally been trying to lose weight? You look a lot skinnier than what you used to. Hopefully you are feeling well.
No holes in this tote but it would be helpful. Tree dogwoods can be rooted as softwood cuttings. I'll have a video out about that soon. My weight fluctuates between 160 and 165 depending on how much pizza and ice cream I eat, lol. Other than that I'm as healthy as an ox.
I’m glad to hear you are healthy. 😊
I look forward to your upcoming dogwood tree cutting video!
It will be good for learning but it ends in a sad way unfortunately. You will learn how to root them though.
Isn't your second row going to lose sunlight and competition for nutrients from the larger first row? Water makes them take off.
Yes, it’ll lose a little sun and I’m ok with that.
Aren't these planted too close together? I thought at least 10 was ideal...?
We’re going to find out, lol. I want a thick and huge hedge.
@@MikeKincaid79 😉
I have several large green giants (9 feet)I planted last year. All are doing well, but one’s top 1/4th turned dark dark green (maybe dead) while the rest of it and others started new growth. Is there a way I can save the top without cutting it off? The scratch test shows it is still alive but looks dead.
All you can do is wait and see if it resumes growing. If it does die back, it’ll form a new central leader.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks Mike
5000 foot roll of 15 mil drip tape would go a long way ......great stuff have some that has been out in harsh conditions for 8 years and going strong
Thanks Jeff. I really need to set up something like that.
I wonder if it be worth chopping one of the tops of those taller ones to see if taking the main trunk will force side shoots to thicken and fill out? Just a thought but why not sacrifice one top? Great to see the update and take care, watch out for those dang 🐒 bites
It will definitely cause them to thicken. One viewer sent a pic of his green giants that he cut back at 2 different intervals over about 10 years. They were a very thick hedge.
I have 43 6-7ft that I planted 9 months ago, they are about 8-9FT now. Will trimming the top thicken them? They look fabulous but need to thicken
I’d say just trim the sides and leave the leader alone. After trimming the sides and tips the lead shoots up even more and also thickens up the sides.
I had deer rut in my Spring Grove & GG Arb last November. They were new. I clipped off the top….how do you repair?
If you clipped it off then it will have to form a new central leader.
@@MikeKincaid79 I assume it will form a new one on its own? How long will that take.
It will. Should take one season to get a new one established and growing healthy.
Mike I'm having horrible trouble rooting cuttings. failure of citrus mulberry kumquat. following your videos for a long time. I figure it's too much water not enough oxygen in the rooting medium. Have you heard of using hydrogen peroxide mixed with water to hyperoxygenate soil to stop rot?
I’ve heard of that and it can be helpful but you should t have to do that. Have you tried those cuttings as hardwood cuttings on bottom heat in the early spring, while using clean, well draining, inert medium?
@@MikeKincaid79 Thank you for the reply. I'm using only ground up peat moss And sure enough the cuttings rotted. 😔 I have 2 left hasn't rooted or rotted. So I'm adding bottom heat. Could peat moss be the issue? I saw a video by IV organics and he said peat moss is inert but it still rots. He suggested using vermiculite and perlite mix for rooting medium. I just received 5 cuttings in the mail. I would really like to figure out what I'm doing wrong before killing those cuttings. Again thank you for always replying. I'm a big fan of your channel. Not sure if it matters but im in zone 9b south texas. I'm trying to grow a food forest and currently have 30 fruit trees and plants. Im Trying to root fruit tree cuttings to share with family and friends.
@@MikeKincaid79 sir just thought I would let you know I think I figured out why all my cuttings die. I have been using peat moss which I thought was the same as sphagnum moss. But they are completely different. Even all the airlayering failed using peat. It's a shame it took this long to realize. Today I will be switching to sphagnum long fiber moss.
How was your back doing after all of that 🤣🤣 id need a good lay down
Strong back. I'll let you know how it's doing in 30 years, lol.
@@MikeKincaid79 🤣🤣🤣
You don’t have deer around. I have heard that deer will eat anything when their other food is gone in the winter. I planted 20 of them and we have some deer. I am going to put a fence around them.
We do have deer. They don't eat these at all but I have had problems with the bucks rubbing on them in the fall.
Will Rhododendrum grow in Myrtle Beach South Carolina
I'm sure there are some varieties that will grow there.
I love evergreens for privacy
Another update coming this spring??
Sure, I can do that.
Hi Mike. Are these green Giants Cypress trees.
They are a cross between a western red cedar and a Japanese arborvitae called standishii
@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks Mike. They are similar foliage to Swamp Cypress which goes rusty orange in winter (NZ). Attractive trees.
Yes, these get that burnt orange color as well when it gets really cold. Then in the spring the new lime green growth comes out.
what fertilizer did you use?
I use a slow release fertilizer by the Apex brand. It’s called cool weather special.
Will/Do they dampen sound?
Mine aren’t big enough yet but that’s what I’m hoping for. I’m sure they’ll dampen sound as much as any other thick growing tree.
@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks, I'll keep my 🤞🏾for the both of us!
@@MikeKincaid79 Thanks, I'll keep my 🤞🏾for the both of us!
potting up those small plants is a task your girls should be doing. you need to build them a work table with hardware cloth so excess would fall thru, wheels on one end would let them move it as needed.
They've done lots of potting, trust me, lol.
Do you not top them ever
I haven't topped them yet but I know some people do to help them fill out. I like the single leader tree look.
Oh we willll see about that I'm going to make you get down to Texas soon if it's the last thing you do. Hahaha are growing season is so much longer you can make videos a lot more down here. Lol and I swear I won't make you eat ghost pepper everyday. Ghost pepper one day and Carolina reaper the next see I'm a nice guy.
LOL, I enjoy living my pepper life vicariously through your videos. I would like to visit Texas someday though.
@@MikeKincaid79 come on down
Aren't they too close to one another? They grow 12-15 ft wide at Maturity.
I guess we'll find out, lol.
Love your videos, but my back hurts watching you bent over potting those green giants. Make yourself a potting bench before you hurt your back . I would do things like that when I was young and eventually hurt my back. Recovery from those injuries is a long painful process.
Thanks for your concern. I could use a potting bench.
These trees won't do as well in the amount of shade you have them in.....
That was a big concern of mine when I started this project. I researched it thoroughly and went ahead with the planting. I've learned a lot about them, and found that they definitely grow thicker and faster in more sun. We'll see what the next few years bring now that they are really getting established.
Green giants need lots of sun. Too much water is not good for them.
I’ve found this to be very true.
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You should try planting a Leyland cypress (× Cuprocyparis leylandii), they grow very fast
I’m not as fond of those but yes, they grow crazy fast.