Hello everyone, this is my first time positing here but I really hope you can help shed some light on why my beloved Araucaria is so unhappy at the spots where we pruned it back a few months ago.
For context, I have had the tree for 3 years now and I assume it to be around 5-6 years old. When we purchased it, it was quite scraggly and so we left it to grow and fill out without much interference from us however, we then took the plunge of repotting it, pruning it back, and wiring it for the first time (approximately 1 month between repotting and pruning).
The tree seemed to respond perfectly well to the pruning at first (new growth) but now, 7 months later, the branches around the biggest cut we made (at the top of the tree) are all drying up and starting to fall off and I am very worried we have caused serious damage by making such a large cut and that this is the start of the tree dying. Additionally, we wanted to try and redirect one of the branches by wiring it and many of the needles around this area are now beginning to dry out and fall off as well - does this typically happen when you wire a branch, or is it something to be worried about?
I am attaching photos from before and now - with close ups of the spots where I pruned and the needles are now going brown/black.
Thank you for any help or insight in advance.
John
For context, I have had the tree for 3 years now and I assume it to be around 5-6 years old. When we purchased it, it was quite scraggly and so we left it to grow and fill out without much interference from us however, we then took the plunge of repotting it, pruning it back, and wiring it for the first time (approximately 1 month between repotting and pruning).
The tree seemed to respond perfectly well to the pruning at first (new growth) but now, 7 months later, the branches around the biggest cut we made (at the top of the tree) are all drying up and starting to fall off and I am very worried we have caused serious damage by making such a large cut and that this is the start of the tree dying. Additionally, we wanted to try and redirect one of the branches by wiring it and many of the needles around this area are now beginning to dry out and fall off as well - does this typically happen when you wire a branch, or is it something to be worried about?
I am attaching photos from before and now - with close ups of the spots where I pruned and the needles are now going brown/black.
Thank you for any help or insight in advance.
John
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