i do have some problems with my Junipers (3 trees, same issue).
From the far they look really healthy they all have healthy tips, but they all
have these brown dots, specially on the new growth.
After a while on some new growth the color fades away the foliage gets dry and falls off.
These brown dots are kind of hard, some you can sharp off with your fingernail.
Had something similar lays year,
In my case it turned out to be fungal.
Treated it with coper based fungicide and it went away this year. You can see some remainders on this pic
thanks for your feedback.
Looking at your picture it is kind of hard to see if you have these hard spots too?
I was thinking of fungual but thougt it could be juniper moth ?
Here’s a closer shot, this was taken in winter but the issue started in early fall late summer.
Only recent growth was affected and only on this juniper.
Had a spruce with fungus near it that’s why I went with fungal treatment.