Is this a type of needlecast on a Colorado spruce? I’m not sure because it doesn’t appear to match up with other photos I’ve seen and it hasn’t progressed very quickly. This is from a collected tree that I have owned for one year.
Hi Jim!
Is this present pretty evenly throughout the whole tree, or just in a few spots/branches?
From this photo, it looks more like minor stress/weathering, maybe mites? I’d keep an eye on whether it’s spreading and check for any fine webbing.
Hopefully someone else here might be able to correctly identify it, cheers!
Cullen
It’s on a few spots and branches. Last year’s growth doesn’t have it. I was thinking it could be stress because it’s been that way since last summer and I don’t think it’s gotten much worse. I believe it was collected at least two years ago. I haven’t seen any mass needles turn brown.
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