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From: LiZ Damas City: Morristown, TN
I have 3 that are 5 years old. One has turned brown on the west side. One has a few brown leaves and the 3rd one is perfect. We are in a slight drout so I started watering them. Should I trim the brown areas? Especially the one with slight browning?
	Extension Message From: Richard Hentschel Extension Educator, Horticulture DuPage/Kane/Kendall Unit hentsche@illinois.edu
If the wood remains green just underneath the surface and is a wet green color, the branch may be able to come back. A dry light green suggest the branch continues to fail and may not recover. A few browned needles should normally fall off over the course of the fall and winter naturally. The west side may suggest the plant recieving more sunlight on that side and impacted sooner
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