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Fir trees dying

English_girl_in_FranceEnglish_girl_in_France Posts: 108
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Hello are these dying? They have been turning more and more brown since last year. Is there anything we can do? Thank you 😊

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    There’s nothing you can do, I’m afraid they are dead. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes … I’m sorry but @Lyn is right .., there’s no hope of saving those. 

    Conifers need much more water than people realise … especially when they’re relatively young and their roots haven’t reached very far down. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • English_girl_in_FranceEnglish_girl_in_France Posts: 108
    Oh dear! Well thanks both @Lyn and @Dovefromabove . Do I have to dig the roots out or should I chop them down and leave a stump? 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    We removed the roots when we dug our Leylandii hedge out,  cut the tops down leave about 2’ for wiggling, then use a pick axe or mattock and some hefty loppers and try to get them out. You can then enrich the ground and plant something else. I used home made compost and chicken pellets. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • English_girl_in_FranceEnglish_girl_in_France Posts: 108
    Thank you @Lyn
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