Is my tree dead?

[Matt42]

Hi,

Looking for some gardening advice. Is my fir tree dead? It has gone brown before each year at about this time but this year it's worse. I wonder if its the tree behind sucking the moisture out of the ground or is it natural for these trees to go brown in April?

Thanks in advance

Matt

 

[endecotp]

The tree isn't dead, but the brown branches are.
The dead bits won't regenerate.
If I were you I'd get rid of it.

 

[r896neo]

Hard to be sure from pictures but I would say it has either spider mites or conifer aphids. A dead brown such as that if you look inside the tree is different from that orange rust colour you have which usually indicates one of the above pests.

I have never seen a conifer recover from either, despite treatment with a specialised pesticide.

 

[Matt42]

I dug it up and replaced with a new one now It didnt regenerate.