This tree (a colorado spruce, I think) is around 40 feet high now. It's been turning brown gradually in the past 2 years. At first, I thought it was due to the inner needles turning brown, (die back?) but it has extended up the tree about 1/4 of the way up to the top. The branches still have some tufts of blue-green needles at the tips though. The upper branches are completely normal. The resin drips from the inner portion of the branches and from the trunk when we tried to help it by trimming the dead branches. A tree person came by recently and said there is a fungal infection. But he didn't make any predictions on how likely we are to save it.
We are doing our best to give it more fertilizers and water. We live in the San Francisco area, so the heat waves we've had this summer aren't helping.
Is there anything else we can try? How likely is it that more water and nutrition would work at this stage?
2006-10-03 12:37:17 · 4 answers · asked by jveryrad 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I think you are throwing money away. Once the fungus is really setteled in and then cuts were made which exposed the inside of the tree even more I think you may want to cut your losses. I have a couple of maples that are having the same problem and I hate to cut them down. They are at least 50 yrs. old and dying from the middle out. I have no choice. sorry. Hope you find an answer.
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2014-06-09 10:54:55 · answer #3 · answered by WILSON 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just read in my home remedy book that you can absolutly cure a tree of this by pouring one or two gallons of bleach around the base of the tree every 4 months till its back to a normal healthy tree it says that has worked every time
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