We are getting a good rain today and need it. I'm afraid that our 20+ year old Spruce tree is not going to make a comeback. I did a second deep root feeding on it and the bottom 6-8 feet are budding but above that it looks brown and dead. I'll be sad to lose it. That tree was a clearance reject that was about two feet tall when we planted it and now it's got to be 20-25 feet tall. We had a pretty dry winter and I didn't think to water it over the winter. It's done fine on it's own all these years. Maybe it's just at the end of it's life cycle or something.