NJGUY
New Member
I recently purchased a new home and decided to set a row of 47 Arborvitaes to form a natural privacy fence between my property and the neighbors several weeks ago. The Emerald green Arborvitaes are about 5' tall and placed about 30'' apart. The base of the trees were set about 18" in from the property line. Unfortunately, problems with my neighbors dictated that I put up 6' privacy fence on the property line after I planted the trees. I now only have 1' between the base of the trees and the 6' vinyl fence. Some of shrubs are now pressing against the new fence. Question: Should I transplant the trees back a foot or so more from the fence and risk stressing the trees even more or just leave them and trim them up as the grow (if they grow). They actually don't look bad the way they are but I am worried that the fence will eventually kill most of them and they are a very expensive investment.