Conifer browning

[Raw Tree Care]

Hi Guys

 

Been asked to look at two conifers, one looks healthy at a distance but some of the tips are brown. The other one is brown all over, not dead but not great.

 

Client said she thinks it has happened suddenly, within two weeks.

 

Was thinking cypress aphid but i thought that symptoms spread over the tree, not the whole tree at once?

 

Anyone got any ideas?

 

Thanks

 

Rich

[RobRainford]

Sudden death and symptoms, it could be phytophthora lateralis?

[King92]

Strong winds/salt from sea? loads of conifers are like that around me since the storm after christmas

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Waterlogged roots during the very wet winter?

[Raw Tree Care]

Thanks for the ideas guys. The trees are in the West Midlands, in a rear garden so do think it would be salt

 

Had been reading the RHS website and it mentions Pestalotiopsis dieback. Anyone come across this?

 

I had thought about drought/water logging. The other tree (same size and species) is doing much better and only 6ft away

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Sudden death and symptoms, it could be phytophthora lateralis?

 

That or this winters wind-burn.

[Peasgood]

Worst ones look like phytophthora, ones with just the tips burnt look the same as all the ones around here. (20+ miles from the sea but still think it is salt)