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    He’ll be back soon?
    Yes, he’ll be back Wednesday.

    I had to mow again tonight. I’m still trying to nurse our dying spruce tree in the backyard. It looks horrible but there’s still some green on it. I really don’t know if it’s going to make it.
     

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    Yes, he’ll be back Wednesday.

    I had to mow again tonight. I’m still trying to nurse our dying spruce tree in the backyard. It looks horrible but there’s still some green on it. I really don’t know if it’s going to make it.
    I hope your spruce makes it. They are beautiful trees.
     

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    It was too warm in my room to sleep last night so I turned my fan on low. Soooooo it dropped to 33 overnight and it’s a chilly 61 in my room this morning. Now I’m nice and comfy in a sweatshirt til it warms up, LOL.
     

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    I hope your spruce makes it. They are beautiful trees.
    I’m not very confident right now. About half the tree is brown with no foliage. I’m going to put more fertilizer on it before it rains later this week
     

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    Have you consulted an arborist?
    I did. The person said that we didn't get enough snow/water this winter and these types of trees were stressed. He said to do a deep root feeding and water it a lot which I did about two weeks ago. Where there is green around the bottom I noticed there are new buds but most of the tree is looking kind of dead. My wife told me to stop watering it that it wasn't going to come back but I want to keep trying. I have some of the fertilizer left that they recommended so I'm going to give it the rest of it before the next rain.
     

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    I did. The person said that we didn't get enough snow/water this winter and these types of trees were stressed. He said to do a deep root feeding and water it a lot which I did about two weeks ago. Where there is green around the bottom I noticed there are new buds but most of the tree is looking kind of dead. My wife told me to stop watering it that it wasn't going to come back but I want to keep trying. I have some of the fertilizer left that they recommended so I'm going to give it the rest of it before the next rain.

    I would continue trying as well.

    Many years ago we had a nice big tree in our yard. It was there when we bought the house. I can't remember what kind of tree it was. It started dying slowly. Same symptoms as yours. I did the same as what you are currently doing.

    We had an arborist come over. S.E. Wisconsin has clay soil, which is not good for whatever kind for tree it was. He looked at the tree roots and noted they were wrapping themselves around each other. The tree was basically choking itself off. It could not be saved. My neighbor and I eventually cut it down. We used parts of it for a fence. The rest was firewood.

    Some trees do not do well in clay soil here. Others thrive.

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    Morning, mixers.

    Seems they got on the right page for the weather, so some time on the mower today. Before I need to rent a reaper...

    I did. The person said that we didn't get enough snow/water this winter and these types of trees were stressed.

    We put in a row of arbor vitae years back, and one winter had the entire row go "red" (and looking dead) the bottom couple feet. Similar conditions, dry winter. Food and deep watering did keep them alive, although it did take a year for the bottoms to green back out. Good luck!

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