Hemlocks dying

[Lucky1]

Originally Posted by Scott

It's definitely been dry, but in your case it's likely just a coincidence. Hemlocks are one of the last trees to begin spring growth and this is when they normally get growing.

I'm surrounded by lots of them and the soft, tender new growth is just starting and maybe an inch long.

The people who came out suggested that it was usually a root problem when there were the brown shoots with no green at all on them? They have now begun to get the growth back. There was new growth on the trees when they came but they orangy brown bare places were causing sight through the thinner trees. That is what has come back now.

However, another person said it looked like porcupines had been eating the hemlocks? He was someone who does work at a neighbor's home. That damage seems to be filing in. No idea but happy to have the trees in better shape. Thanks for the information.