Is it normal for evergreens to turn brown in winter?
Evergreens often develop a little interior browning just under the surface during the winter. When this browning continues to get worse, tree owners cannot tell if they should be worried or if they need to intervene by increasing their watering schedule.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1give them a good water if it’s been particularly dryDid this help you?
- 2Adjusting the watering schedule by watering more often or backing offDid this help you?
- 3Checking if the browning is on the branch tips versus just the inside to gauge severityDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“About 3 weeks ago, I noticed a lot of browning of the interior needles. It has continued to get worse.”source ↗
“Should I be worried?”source ↗
“Speaking from experience with the 4 varieties of arbs I own, this season I also noted more interior browning that before and also increased my watering schedule.”source ↗
“I have smaller ones and they are currently looking just like this here in New England. A little browning just under the surface here and there.”source ↗