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CynScotland’s Question
About 75% of the needles on my weeping Blue Atlas Cedar are totally brown. There is some new growth at the ends of a couple of branches. I had this problem last year and cut off most of the brown needles and treated the limbs with a fungicide. I really don’t want to have to do that again this year. Any idea what is wrong and can it be saved? Thank you.
Posted by CynScotland on June 11, 2013
Marianne's Response
I suspect aphid not a fungus but in either case I have no good news. I have been trying to solve the problem of dying Blue Atlas Cedar for years and if you spray fungicide, miticide and a dormant oil to control aphid, nothing seems to stop the slow brown death once it starts. I suspect there is a blight that is in the soil. I ended up digging out my once beautiful weeping cedar. So try hosing down the tree with a strong jet of water, bringing a sample to a Master Gardener (in a zip lock bag - mites, aphid and fungi spread) and if you find any cure, please share! So sorry I could not be of more help but Keep growing, Marianne Binetti
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