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Help me to resurrect a potted tree

 am new to this website, but felt I needed some expert advice from better skilled gardeners. I have a small tree in a pot outside. It catches the sun. I neglected it for 3.5 weeks and when I came back the top branches had dried out. Over the last 2 weeks I've been watering it at least twice weekly. I'm reluctant to get pruners on to take it down because the bottom half is fine. What can I do, keep watering it or is there a spray something I can plant in the soil to resurrect the dried out branches and leaves?

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  • CHCH Posts: 4

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  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    I think the top might be a goner. But in gardening there is always room for optimism. Give it a few months and if it hasn't greened up, out with the secateurs!
    'Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement' - Helen Keller
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970

    Reckon the top half is dead, I would prune it and pray.

  • CHCH Posts: 4
    Are there any treatments like sprays or feeder that could be recommended?
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,160

    Sorry, but once a conifer like that has turned brown it won't re-grow. Conifer's don't have the spare buds to make more leaves.image



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • CHCH Posts: 4
    How much would one of these cost? One pictured is around 6ft.
  • Why not give a hair cut and change the small pot it is in, with new proper soil !! not potting compost, if you are going to lose it let it go in quality.
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