{"id":6015,"date":"2015-12-20T19:59:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T19:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=6015"},"modified":"2022-09-20T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T13:08:31","slug":"question-why-are-pine-trees-in-my-area-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/question-why-are-pine-trees-in-my-area-dying\/","title":{"rendered":"Question: Why are pine trees in my area dying?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FoliarQuestion: <\/b>I am noticing pine trees dying in my neighbors’ yards and along the streets in Carmel and NE Indianapolis. The needles turn rust colored and fall within a couple weeks – leaving a bare tree. Some of these trees are mature but most are young. Should I be concerned? What should I do to protect my pine trees? What should I be looking for if it is a pest?<\/p>\n

Answer:<\/b>\u00a0Many Indiana trees are dying from stress caused by the extreme weather we have had in the last few years.\u00a0Urban Forestry Specialist Lindsey Purcell<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist Rosie Lerner<\/a>\u00a0discuss this in more detail in the Purdue Agriculture News article “Purdue experts: Tree deaths across Indiana may be related to weather stress<\/a>.” There are also other potential causes of foliar discoloration and branch dieback in pine trees that are explained in the publication “Stress-related Conifer Dieback<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to investigate the issue further, a certified arborist\u200b<\/a> can conduct a ground evaluation\u00a0or you can examine the trees on your own using the Purdue Tree Doctor app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Resources:<\/b>
\nPurdue experts: Tree deaths across Indiana may be related to weather stress<\/a> – Purdue Agriculture News
\nStress-related Conifer Dieback<\/a> – The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center
\nPurdue Plant Doctor App<\/a>\u00a0– Purdue Botany and Plant Pathology and Extension Entomology
\nNeedle cast in Colorado Blue Spruce<\/a>, Purdue Landscape Report
\nBlue Spruce Update<\/a>, Purdue Landscape Report
\nWhy Spruce Trees Lose Their Needles<\/a>, Purdue Extension
\nBlue Spruce Decline<\/a>, Purdue Extension
\nDiseases Common in Blue Spruce<\/a>, Purdue Extension
\nTree Installation: Process and Practices<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center
\nTree Planting and Urban Forestry Videos<\/a>, Subscribe to our Purdue Extension-FNR YouTube Channel
\nFind an Arborist<\/a>, International Society of Arboriculture<\/p>\n

Lenny Farlee<\/a>, Sustaining Hardwood Extension Specialist
\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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