Should I be worried? (AKA another browning tips post)

[Brain Treez]

This kishu got its initial styling in a Scott Elser workshop on 10/4. I'm inclined to attribute it to the tree's post-styling decision of what bits of foliage can/should be dropped, but as it's my best tree and I'm paranoid just in case it's something more sinister...

We'll start with a current (10/22) photo:




And then a photo from 12 days prior (10/10):




And then a photo the day it was styled (10/4), with some really poor lighting:





And the tree the day before (10/3) it was styled:





You can see the tree was in overall good health when it was styled, with the exception of that one branch with foliage browning back from the tips. The branches kept during the styling weren't the strongest, but Scott didn't seemed concerned about them or the few brown tips either.

Is this just the tree adjusting to a perhaps harsh reduction, or gods forbid the start of tip blight? I want to believe it is shaded foliage being dropped, but some of these tips are on the tops of or center of pads.

What say you all with more experience?

 

[bwaynef]

Just fyi, tip blight on a reasonably healthy tree won't kill it. It mostly seems to delay it a bit, or slow it down. I'd have kept the strong foliage when styling to prevent this. It seems like whatever was causing it was already there, so its not a result of the styling, though choosing to go with weak foliage instead of the strong does seem to have lent to this situation now.

Give it all the sunlight you can, water & fertilize, and give it however long it takes to show health.