Anybody else noticed the apparent poor health of Scots Pine (and some
other but not all conifers) in their area?

Many around here have old needles that are red/brown but haven't
fallen. They also don't appear to be shoving out bright green new
growth.

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Cheers
Dave.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote

Anybody else noticed the apparent poor health of Scots Pine (and some
other but not all conifers) in their area?

Many around here have old needles that are red/brown but haven't
fallen. They also don't appear to be shoving out bright green new
growth.

Our Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata) looks OK, lots of new growth sticking
up like candles.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

On 24/06/13 09:18, Dave Liquorice wrote:
Anybody else noticed the apparent poor health of Scots Pine (and some
other but not all conifers) in their area?

Many around here have old needles that are red/brown but haven't
fallen. They also don't appear to be shoving out bright green new
growth.

I noticed similar orange scragginess on a Douglas fir yesterday. (S.
Norfolk)

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Rusty Hinge

On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:41:12 +0100, RustyHinge wrote:

Many around here have old needles that are red/brown but haven't
fallen. They also don't appear to be shoving out bright green new
growth.

I noticed similar orange scragginess on a Douglas fir yesterday. (S.
Norfolk)

Hum, it's pretty widespread up here (North Pennines), Of the Scots
Pine you can see from the roads centred on Alston to Penrith,
Carlisle, Hexham and to Cowshill in Weardale, I'd say 90% are
affected and now that other trees (including other confiers) are well
in leave/growing on they do stand out as "orange scragginess" or not
healthy looking. That's an area of the order of 1000 square miles...

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Cheers
Dave.