I am in Toronto Canada. I have six evergreen trees in my garden. They were already there when I moved in to the house a couple of years ago. I don't know how old they are. But they are probably about 20 feet tall. Recently, I noticed that 5 out of the 6 trees, the needle (leaves) of the lower part of the trees are turning brown and some branches has all the needle leaves shed. I am not sure if the trees are sick. I noticed that right next to the evergreens that are in trouble, less than a feet from the trunk, there is another tree (not evergreen) growing strong and healthy. They are not tall or big enough to cover the evergreen. Is it possible that the weak evergreen is caused by the strong growing tree right next to it ? What can I do to save the evergreens.
Every evergreen in trouble has a tree next to it growing strong and healthy
I'm not an expert, but it doesn't look like an evergreen to me. AFAIK and from experience, there's not much you can do when a tree starts dying except cut them down and plant new ones.
The trouble is your photo shows the parasite tree much better than the tree you want to save. Can you post a closeup of a branch of your evergreen so we can try to identify it.
Having the other parasite right next to the desirable tree is a big problem. Eventually the stronger will win out and the other will die. I would cut the weed, deciduous tree down. The minute it hits the ground heavily paint the top of the stump with glyphosate (RoundUp) concentrate syrup. This will kill the roots and prevent it from sending up sucker for the next several years. Then maybe the desirable tree can recover since it's not competing for nutrients and water. Even if it has a disease not having to fight for resources can make the difference.
I have two peach trees that I planted three years ago. They were about six feet tall when I first put them into the ground. The first, of course, I didn't get any fruit. Last year both trees had a lot of buds but as the summer went on the peached all fell off the tree even though they didn't get big, perhaps about one inch across. This year the one tree has zero peaches and the other one has several dozen small peaches. Many of them have already fallen off. Why does that happen? Why won't the peaches grow? Thanks.
[color=#383a3b]I've been buying this Miracle Gro Organic potting mix for potted plants over the past few years. I get it at Costco, so I figure they know what's best? And I can be too cheap - they have the best price, so I get it.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]It's mostly brown, the package talks of coco coir. I notice when I first water the plants, the dirt 'beads' on top of the dirt. Then soaks in.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]We were at the philly flower show and asking someone about this stuff and they said they don't like it because it holds too much water. I do notice that once it does absorb water, it gets dense.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]In the past, I was used to buying different potting soil that was black with the white (perlite) pieces in it.[/color]
[color=#383a3b]Looking online about this stuff, I am amazed how poor the reviews are on different sites, even on the miracle gro website. I haven't had bug issues, but overall, this isn't loved?
[url]https://www.miraclegro.com/en-us/products/soils/miracle-gro-organic-choice-potting-mix[/url][/color]
(same product name, different package color, but same product likely?)
[color=#383a3b]Your thoughts? For potted plants outside, what do you use?[/color]
[color=#383a3b]THANKS![/color]
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