Arborvitea Brown and Sparse - to Wrap in Burlap or not
Hello!
For the past 8 years or so, I have been wrapping a line of 15 arborvitae trees with burlap, This year going into winter they look very stressed, the braches are sparse, but there is green on the edges.They are along a sidewalk that gets plowed in the winter, and the plow throws the snow right on the trees. It seems as if wrapping them allows the salt and sand from the snow to permeate into the trees because the sparse branches seem to be the only area damaged. The trees look great above the burlap, and stressed below it, I wonder if wrapping the trees is detrimental, or if that is just coincidence. I am at a loss of what to do to protect the trees this winter. Please help! Sorry the photo loaded upside down
Hennepin County Minnesota