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Browning on conifers
Sarah 31
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Can anyone suggest why my conifer has gone brown, i have 2 trees, this one has developed brown patches, there are some green leaves underneath on some of the branches, but not a happy tree. Is this likely to affect my other tree, or is it just dry? i can find non evidence of beasts on the branches. I live in Aberdeen, east coast.
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Doesn't look too alive Sarah does it? Think it's a gonner. Cold enough anyway where you are and after the winter and spring this year think that's been a bridge too far. What a shame.
You could always paint it green so that you still have the feature!
Did you prune it into shape yourself?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's a lovely bit of pruning Sarah, a great shame it's come to this.
In the sticks near Peterborough
We have 2, my other half is a bit handy with the snips, we " reclaimed" the conifers and shapped them, they have been snipped for about 5 years now. Don't want to leave it if there is a chance of something spreading. Gutted its gone brown
conifers like cool weather
Ok, thanks for the advice, thats what we thought.
The second plant might be salvageable. Spray it with Provado Ultimate Bug Killer for 2 weeks and keep the tree watered and fed.
The first plant looks like Thuja - you can remove all the dead brown bits with your fingers but it will take a long time to look good. Thuja does regrow but not on old wood, hence using your fingers to remove the dead parts and not a saw.
some branches still have sime green, others are all brown , thanks for suggestion
All brown patches carefully removed, there is green underneath, will give it a good water and feed and see what happens . Trees have already been sprayed. The trees are about 20 years old, would hate to loose them.
This is the healthy one
I do not think that the cloud pruned tree is terminal. Good luck!