hey.. man i am enjoying your pix..

did i miss the history of your place??? these are some mature specimens...

at that size.. i would root some pieces.. and go plant them elsewhere.. and when this one needs to be removed.. well.. remove it.. and be done with it ... cut it off at ground level.. and let the other plant eat up the space ...

unless of course.. you have BIG machines to do all this ...

it should NOT be all that hard to root thuja .. heck i did it in the house under lights once ... see pic below ... i am not claiming any great success..

but really now.. who needs that much exercise .. lol ..

ken

ps: this is where you tell me you have the big machines.. and its a 15 min job ....

it was this setup.. whether or not you see thuja in there ... there was a shelf full of my mini greenhouses .... then to a heat mat under 16 hours of light ...
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There's that washing machine again...'shake' some roots out of those cuttings with the final spin speed set to 'normal'. There's no end to progress ! T.

I think I will try and root some cuttings. I love trying to propagate plants and as long as they like a cool house, its worth the try.

mine were in a cold MI basement ... i mean at night when the furnace kicks down ...

as such.. i presumed that bottom heat was a plus ..

but i was winging it ... i dont recall if any of our friends agreed with the idea ...

my mat is 72 degrees.. from a beer brew store ... i think its purpose was to sprout barely?? or whatever goes into beer ...

in your z7 ... with no ground freeze ... i wonder if you could just throw the setup outdoors on the south side of the house ...

well try both. its a milk jug.. fitty cents of perlite.. and a dozen cuttings .... and some rooting compound ... go for it ..

ken