A woman brought in two samples taken from two different pine trees in
her home's windbreak. One sample's needles have all turned a deep
brown color. Some needles on the other sample have a variegated
brown look to them, while others are still green. The woman said the
pine trees are about 20 years old and she just recently noticed that
some appear to be dying.
I asked her if the trees appeared to be dying top/down, bottom/up,
inside branches/out, outwards/in, etc. She is not sure. There hasn't
been any construction or disturbance to the soil around them to
interfere with their roots.
Would anyone be willing to look at some digital photos of the samples?
Or, does anyone have suggestions for resources I can pass on to this
woman to help her get her tree problem diagnosed?
Nancy White, Office Mgr.
Stevens Co. Extension
400 Colorado Ave
PO Box 269
Morris, MN 56267
Phone: (320) 589-7423
Fax: (320) 589-7440
E-mail: white156@umn.edu
