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| lisa from usa asks: |
I have a blue spruce tree 2 years old - about 4-5 feet tall, all of a sudden it started turning brown - has plenty of water - blue starts at tips but seems to be struggling, is there anything I can do to help it? Do grubs kill them - just sodded the yard and the sod was full of grubs. That is the only thing I can think of..
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| Green Zeus says : |
Sometimes a new tree dies and no one knows why. If could have been compromised while in the nursery. And sometimes, it will take a couple years for that to show up. If it`s not too severe,the tree can overcome it---and sometimes it doesn`t. I have no idea what soil type you have. But if it is a lot of clay,that seems to be a big problem for evergreens. Believe me--I am an expert on THAT subject. I often have to excavate a LARGE hole and put top soil in it to get trees to grow here. I have 50 evergreens here. Many are 25 years old---they continue to struggle in this heavy clay because there is no nutrient in clay. A couple years ago I started an intensive fertilizer campaign that has made a big difference. Fertilize in mid April and again in June. And if it is yellow,mix up Mir-acid and poor it over branches every 2 weeks.
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| robert herman from usa asks: |
Ihave just planted 6to7 foot spruce trees easter weekend.The white spuces are budding but the blues are not.The soil is high in clay content.The lower branches are turning yellow stripe brown on the bottom branches. Is there reason to be alarmed or is this transplant shock. Also I have been putting used coffee grounds at the base of the trees to see if it changes anything ,Any advice would be helpful, Thank you RLH
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| Green Zeus says : |
Over the years I have planted hundreds of evergreen trees and never had that happen right away. Chlorosis (that yellow-green color) means it needs acid. Have had huge luck using Mir-acid. Poor it over the needles AND on the ground as the needles immediately uptake the acid and is faster acting on the plant than just putting it on the ground. Give them 2 gallons of it every 2 weeks. It might take the tree a year to overcome this condition. In heavy clay you MUST fertilize because clay has little nutrient. Use triple 19 and fertilize in mid April after threat of killing frost, and again in June. Use 1/4 cup for every 3 feet of height. You might want to use a piece of pipe and a hammer to make holes in the ground around drip edge to get fertilizer to tree faster. Fill holes with the fertilizer. Do that the first year and if the tree survives, you can just broadcast fertilizer on the ground. Fertilize EVERY year,regardless of how tree looks because skipping a couple years will catch up to you.
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