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Posted 6 years 10 months ago #37923
Not sure what this is let me know what everybody think.. Two pictures of this white stuff and normal looking green on the top.
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Posted 6 years 10 months ago #37926
do you water with tap water? if so, how hard is the tap water where you are? it could be that.
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Posted 6 years 10 months ago #37929
I live in BC Canada we apparently have some of the best water not sure how hard it is.. Do you know?
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Posted 6 years 10 months ago #37935
i too get the same thing but i do water my trees from the top using the tap water. i believe regardless of how good your tap water is you are going to have some calcium in it which can explain the white stuff.
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Posted 6 years 10 months ago #37989
Is that harmful to the tree?
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Posted 6 years 10 months ago #37994
Not harmful, but it's good practice to clean it periodically
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Posted 6 years 10 months ago #37995
Bit hard to see on the photos but it seems it's only the tips of the needles that are white?
To me it seems salts would not leave residue there - so I think it's not salt.

Could be a fungus or a bug - but I can't tell from the pictures.
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Posted 6 years 10 months ago #37998

Auk wrote: Bit hard to see on the photos but it seems it's only the tips of the needles that are white?


Auk is right.
If there is no salt buildup visible by the pot's borders, base of the trunk and/or superficial soil, then it's not salt from the watering.
Sorry for not paying enough attention to the pictures.
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