Yew Tree dieback

[Raw Tree Care]

Hi Guys

 

Been looking at this Yew which is brown on one side (towards the house and lawn)

He has the lawn treated annual and has done for some years. A professional company do this, not sure what they use.

 

Nothing else has changed, no ground works nearby and browning seams to match the lawn area (branches over the borders are green). He has a dog, but don't think that is the problem here.

 

Any ideas? Do you think irrigation may help?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Raw Tree Care]

Anyone have any ideas?

[Stubby]

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Black vine weevils perhaps ? Also they will do this if too wet I believe .

Edited July 25, 2015 by Stubby

[Dean Lofthouse]

Id say it was the spray they are using. It may be one of those weed and feed and yew are quite soft when it comes to weed killer over spray.

 

I used a weak mix of tordon 22k a fair distance from mine and the over did turn them brown on one side a little. They did fully recover, they just need to stop spraying if it has weed killer in it.

[Raw Tree Care]

Thats kind of what I was thinking, I was thinking the treatment was affecting the roots but I suppose you could get wind drift of sprayed treatments.