Planting Thuja hedge, road salt?

[josharb87]

Hi all.

 

Ive got a job to price, planting a 100ft long Thuja hedge, which i wouldn't normally do but its a regular customer.

Just now its a manky spruce hedge, they want it to be replaced with 2meter+ Thuja, its right next to a small road, first risk is snow being ploughed into the new plants, second is, when its just a risk of frost, salt is sometimes applied to the road....

How sensitive are Thuja to road salt?

 

thanks

[Ian Leach]

Don't know if these are any help, quite a bit of reading, by the sounds of it conifers can suffer from salt due to the fact it doesn't shed leaves and the salt stays on there. But on the other hand the snow will help dilute the salt and wash the salt away.

 

http://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/impact-of-road-salt-on-adjacent-vegetation/

 

https://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/pathology_note11.pdf/%24FILE/pathology_note11.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiyibCYoMvLAhXDrRoKHbfHD7kQFggQMAI&usg=AFQjCNGIdX1eUy-tDdWpn4SMy8FymJ8ZRg

[josharb87]

Thats fantastic help Ian, Thanks!