Recently we had a tree cutter remove some branches from the middle portion of our blue spruce tree. It appears that now many of the surrounding branches are beginning to turn brown.
My husband and I are quite upset as we have grown this tree since it was about two feet tall. It is now about forty feet tall and has been growing on our front lawn for about forty-one years. Please help. Thank you in advance.
Hardiness Zone: 7a
By Carol from Commack, NY
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Call up a local nursery. There is a food available for Blue Spruce trees, and I can't remember the name of it.
My brother has a beautiful blue spruce, about 40 to 50 ft. tall and it is also dying from the top down. We have some type of weevil, like a pine weevil, that is destroying a lot of pines in my yard and these pines will show a reddish color on the bark. We had an Arborist come and there is nothing we can do about this bug because it is all over the state, and other states as well. All we can do is cut the infected trees down but this bug moves from tree to tree and isn't easy to see. I would think that someone should be able to help with all the trees it is killing. It started at the top and killed all the branches and tree itself. It's so sad to see and not be able to do anything about it, especially seeing what it has done to the blue spruce!
I have a company that treated my big as for Ash Bores ! I doing great & it is 42 years old . I f u look up a company for treating trees. Maybe they can help u Save yr trees. I would give u the name of who I had treat my Ash. But. Had surgery today. In Hospital & find it for U ! Good luck, I hate to c trees attacked & then they have to cut them down .
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Hardiness Zone: 5a
Shirley from Kenosha County, WI
That said, there is some new mystery disease showing up in black, blue and white spruce trees across Minnesota and Wisconsin this year. Needle drop and chlorosis (lightened needle color) are two of its symptoms, but I'm unclear as to whether of not the disease progresses from the bottom of the tree to the top (as happens in most cases), or if the reverse is true. You might want to take a picture, and if possible snip off a portion of a dying branch and submit it to the University of Wisconsin Extension Agency for testing. uwex.edu
Like animals, all trees do eventually grow old and die. As they get older, they become more susceptible to storms, disease and pests, which ultimately take their toll. Unlike animals, vital functions are not controlled by a central nervous system. Instead, vital functions in trees are decentralized. This means that a large part of the tree can die off (and routinely it does), without the entire tree being killed off.
My best advice is to call in a professional arborist. Contact your country extension agency for recommendations.
Good luck!
Ellen
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Go to your garden center and buy some Miracle-Gro. We had a huge arborvitae that had leaves that turned brown from using too much rock salt. Follow the directions on the box and hopefully your tree will be revived. Lots of luck.
sewingmamma (09/25/2006)
By irene
Thanks very much, Ellen. This tree has a lot of sentimental as well as environmental value to me. I'm relieved to know that this might not kill the whole tree, but I can see it progressing down the trunk. Right now it's gone about 10 feet down from the top. I'll call the extension office, but I won't be able to get a sample from 40 feet up. I really appreciate your expert advice. (12/08/2006)
By Janice C.
