Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
red needles on conifers
I have 2 conifers about 20 feet apart with patches of their needles
turning red. One is a weeping bald cypress, the other is a dwarf alberta spruce. I see no sign of insects. I have sprayed them with a 3 in 1 product called Safer, but the areas continue to spread. Are these trees goners? Thanks in advance. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
red needles on conifers
dannysmom wrote:
I have 2 conifers about 20 feet apart with patches of their needles turning red. One is a weeping bald cypress, the other is a dwarf alberta spruce. I see no sign of insects. I have sprayed them with a 3 in 1 product called Safer, but the areas continue to spread. Are these trees goners? Thanks in advance. Are they receiving enough water? It would help to know the age of the trees and where they're located. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
red needles on conifers
On Jul 16, 10:55 am, Sheldon wrote:
dannysmom wrote: I have 2 conifers about 20 feet apart with patches of their needles turning red. One is a weeping bald cypress, the other is a dwarf alberta spruce. I see no sign of insects. I have sprayed them with a 3 in 1 product called Safer, but the areas continue to spread. Are these trees goners? Thanks in advance. Are they receiving enough water? It would help to know the age of the trees and where they're located. I live in Northern Va. zone 7. They are both about 5 years old. They are in full sun. They may not be getting enough water. I only water them if we don't have any rain. Thanks. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
red needles on conifers
On Jul 16, 4:49?pm, dannysmom wrote:
On Jul 16, 10:55 am, Sheldon wrote: dannysmom wrote: I have 2 conifers about 20 feet apart with patches of their needles turning red. One is a weeping bald cypress, the other is a dwarf alberta spruce. I see no sign of insects. I have sprayed them with a 3 in 1 product called Safer, but the areas continue to spread. Are these trees goners? Thanks in advance. Are they receiving enough water? It would help to know the age of the trees and where they're located. I live in Northern Va. zone 7. They are both about 5 years old. They are in full sun. They may not be getting enough water. I only water them if we don't have any rain. Thanks. They're very young trees, probably not planted too very long ago. During dry spells they need to be watered deeply once each week... do not sprinkle them every day... just one good deep watering each week... could probably benefit from a good layer of pine bark mulch, just don't let any mulch touch the tree trunk. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
red needles on conifers
On Jul 16, 10:16 pm, Sheldon wrote:
On Jul 16, 4:49?pm, dannysmom wrote: On Jul 16, 10:55 am, Sheldon wrote: dannysmom wrote: I have 2 conifers about 20 feet apart with patches of their needles turning red. One is a weeping bald cypress, the other is a dwarf alberta spruce. I see no sign of insects. I have sprayed them with a 3 in 1 product called Safer, but the areas continue to spread. Are these trees goners? Thanks in advance. Are they receiving enough water? It would help to know the age of the trees and where they're located. I live in Northern Va. zone 7. They are both about 5 years old. They are in full sun. They may not be getting enough water. I only water them if we don't have any rain. Thanks. They're very young trees, probably not planted too very long ago. During dry spells they need to be watered deeply once each week... do not sprinkle them every day... just one good deep watering each week... could probably benefit from a good layer of pine bark mulch, just don't let any mulch touch the tree trunk. Thank you, Sheldon. I'm glad that the problem is not a disease. I will start to properly water them. Since the bald cypress is deciduous, it can start fresh with new needles next year, but the spruce...will new growth (albeit slow) eventually fill in and cover the affected areas? |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
red needles on conifers
On Jul 16, 10:16 pm, Sheldon wrote:
On Jul 16, 4:49?pm, dannysmom wrote: On Jul 16, 10:55 am, Sheldon wrote: dannysmom wrote: I have 2 conifers about 20 feet apart with patches of their needles turning red. One is a weeping bald cypress, the other is a dwarf alberta spruce. I see no sign of insects. I have sprayed them with a 3 in 1 product called Safer, but the areas continue to spread. Are these trees goners? Thanks in advance. Are they receiving enough water? It would help to know the age of the trees and where they're located. I live in Northern Va. zone 7. They are both about 5 years old. They are in full sun. They may not be getting enough water. I only water them if we don't have any rain. Thanks. They're very young trees, probably not planted too very long ago. During dry spells they need to be watered deeply once each week... do not sprinkle them every day... just one good deep watering each week... could probably benefit from a good layer of pine bark mulch, just don't let any mulch touch the tree trunk. Thanks, Sheldon. I'm glad to hear that the problem is not a disease. I will take your advice and begin proper watering. Since the bald cypress is deciduous, it will have a fresh start next spring, but will the spruce ever look better? |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
red needles on conifers
dannysmom wrote:
Sheldon wrote: dannysmom wrote: Sheldon wrote: dannysmom wrote: I have 2 conifers about 20 feet apart with patches of their needles turning red. One is a weeping bald cypress, the other is a dwarf alberta spruce. I see no sign of insects. I have sprayed them with a 3 in 1 product called Safer, but the areas continue to spread. Are these trees goners? Thanks in advance. Are they receiving enough water? It would help to know the age of the trees and where they're located. I live in Northern Va. zone 7. They are both about 5 years old. They are in full sun. They may not be getting enough water. I only water them if we don't have any rain. They're very young trees, probably not planted too very long ago. During dry spells they need to be watered deeply once each week... do not sprinkle them every day... just one good deep watering each week... could probably benefit from a good layer of pine bark mulch, just don't let any mulch touch the tree trunk. Thank you, Sheldon. I'm glad that the problem is not a disease. I will start to properly water them. Since the bald cypress is deciduous, it can start fresh with new needles next year, The cypress may begin to start some new growth this year. but the spruce...will new growth (albeit slow) eventually fill in and cover the affected areas? It's a young tree so I'm sure the new growth will fill in any empty spots... just don't lop off the lower branches until you are sure they are dead... for a specimen tree you want spruce with it's branches clear to the ground. I had a "fernspray cypress - compact form", the deer ate it before I realized I needed fencing, now there's an arbovitae in it's place, fenced. Fernspray cypress when first planted, now eaten :-) http://i8.tinypic.com/54b13c7.jpg Now an arborvitae, fenced! http://i8.tinypic.com/68b98ux.jpg I have a dwarf alberta spruce ("Jean's Dilly"), a very slow grower but cute... luckily I planted it after I installed fencing. First planted (2004): http://i12.tinypic.com/6b924g7.jpg I'm sure you can pick out the "Dilly" (2007): http://i16.tinypic.com/6bm4etf.jpg With these type of plants it's important to keep other plants from impinging on their space, any other limbs touching them will kill some of their growth. Take pictures of your plants so you can look back and appreciate their growth. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
red needles on conifers
On Jul 19, 12:42?pm, dannysmom wrote:
On Jul 16, 10:16 pm, Sheldon wrote: On Jul 16, 4:49?pm, dannysmom wrote: On Jul 16, 10:55 am, Sheldon wrote: dannysmom wrote: I have 2 conifers about 20 feet apart with patches of their needles turning red. One is a weeping bald cypress, the other is a dwarf alberta spruce. I see no sign of insects. I have sprayed them with a 3 in 1 product called Safer, but the areas continue to spread. Are these trees goners? Thanks in advance. Are they receiving enough water? It would help to know the age of the trees and where they're located. I live in Northern Va. zone 7. They are both about 5 years old. They are in full sun. They may not be getting enough water. I only water them if we don't have any rain. Thanks. They're very young trees, probably not planted too very long ago. During dry spells they need to be watered deeply once each week... do not sprinkle them every day... just one good deep watering each week... could probably benefit from a good layer of pine bark mulch, just don't let any mulch touch the tree trunk. Thanks, Sheldon. I'm glad to hear that the problem is not a disease. I will take your advice and begin proper watering. Since the bald cypress is deciduous, it will have a fresh start next spring, but will the spruce ever look better?- Hide quoted text - The dwarf alberta spruce is very slow growing but it will eventually fill in, may require a couple of years however. Good luck. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
red, red, red rose | Gardening | |||
Red pine needles as mulch? | Edible Gardening | |||
Needles up the wha-zoo!! | Gardening | |||
orange spots on loblolly pine needles | alt.forestry | |||
Pine Needles as mulch? | United Kingdom |