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Anyone have any idea what is causing this? I've looked it up and found that at least for younger saplings. Some Browning can be normal in early spring, but none of the images had nearly this much Brown. There is barely any green left among the needles.

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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This looks dead. It’s normal to have some browning on the edges over winter but this isn’t what that looks like. Could be a drainage issue, could be some sort of infection, hard to say without knowing more. When you bend the branches do the bend or crumble and snap?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can also give it a little scratch. If it's green, it's alive.. If it's brown, it's dead.

[–] Aberration13@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Scratched the trunk and it is green!

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 months ago

For now, at least. Keep an eye on it to make sure it has everything it needs and it might survive.

[–] Aberration13@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Branches are flexible and relatively soft, another user suggested I scratch the trunk to see if it's green inside and it is so I think it is still alive fortunately!