New and Unread Tree-Mails
Views: 123, Replies: 8 » Jump to the end |
Monroe Twp, New Jersey  jakeyes Oct 31, 2020 7:51 AM CST |
| This little tree is looking worse as the weeks go by, bare branches and brown needles. It's been properly watered and I did use fertilizer sticks earlier in the Fall (New Jersey). Should I try to save it or just replace it? Thanks in advance for any advice. P.S. Happy Halloween!  |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX             porkpal Oct 31, 2020 8:17 AM CST |
| What does the top look like? Porkpal |
Monroe Twp, New Jersey jakeyes Oct 31, 2020 8:52 AM CST |
Top quarter to a third looks okay, although pine cones have been brown from the start. |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX porkpal Oct 31, 2020 11:37 AM CST |
| Well, it is not dying, but it seems to have suffered some localized damage. It will probably always look a bit awkward, so whether to replace it or not would be your call. Porkpal |
Monroe Twp, New Jersey jakeyes Oct 31, 2020 11:47 AM CST |
| Thanks. Do you think I should prune the dead branches? |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost   DaisyI Oct 31, 2020 2:06 PM CST |
| Yes, prune out the dead branches but new branches will not re-grow. You will always have a bare spot. The tree looks healthy otherwise. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Monroe Twp, New Jersey jakeyes Nov 1, 2020 5:45 AM CST |
Thank you for your help!  |
Name: John Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) You can't have too many viburnums..           ViburnumValley Nov 1, 2020 9:47 AM CST |
| That is a very young Picea pungens var. glauca - a blue selection of Colorado Spruce. All the live branches remaining in that area will continue to grow, and will likely cover that currently open spot where you have lost some branches/foliage. Spruce cones are supposed to be beige-y brown, that's normal. Yes, prune out dead wood carefully - and look for Bagworms or evidence of other insects, pathogens, or cause of damage. Bagworms are often the silent cause of such areas being stripped of needles and leaving "dead spots". The bags of bagworms will be the only thing left by this time of year - and they mimic cones to the casual observer - but the bags from females will be full of eggs for next year's voracious larvae. Removing and destroying them NOW will reduce/eliminate such damage next year. John |
Monroe Twp, New Jersey jakeyes Nov 1, 2020 4:18 PM CST |
Thank you so much.  |
| « Garden.org Homepage « Back to the top « Forums List « Ask a Question forum |
