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From: Ruth Schmill City: Pittsfield, MA
I had 5 seven-foot Emerald Green Thujas planted in April and in mid-summer they had some red on their branches. The farm from which I bought them sent someone out to spray for cedar rust. They did well for a while but now the bottom three feet on all five trees are turning yellow/brown. Can they be saved?
	Extension Message From: Richard Hentschel Extension Educator, Horticulture DuPage/Kane/Kendall Unit hentsche@illinois.edu
Thujas do not contract Cedar Apple Rust, Junipers and Cedars are the only ones. Without more detail, I can speculate that their root systems have not been able to recover from being transplanted assuming post care and especially water has been correct. With that much brown present, even if they do survive, they will not be ascetically pleasing. You can protect them for their first winter with a temporary windbreak and be sure they are well watered late in the season.
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