Unhappy radiata pine?

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Unhappy radiata pine?

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Hey guys,
Got a tiny little radiata, picked up as tube stock. It may be a bit unhappy. It's got PLENTY of foliage, and plenty of green foliage, but on some of it it's browning? Not sure why really. The tee gets plenty of sun, watered when it starts to dry out and fed every week.
ANy ideas?
Can get a pic tomorrow if you like?
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Re: Unhappy radiata pine?

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pics definately help, from what i know radiata like to be drier than most. i think.

post a pic and i reckon others will be able to help :D

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Re: Unhappy radiata pine?

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repot??? maybe. check the roots. :D 8-)
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Re: Unhappy radiata pine?

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I would do what Anttal said for sure.
Maybe since the foliage is so plentiful but the roots have ran out of space to keep the supply up with the demand up top.
Is it still in it's tube?
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Re: Unhappy radiata pine?

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More than happy to pull it out and have a look, but I slip potted it out of the tube into a 6in pot a month or two ago? SO that *should* have been plenty of growing room for quite a while.
I'll grab a pic when I get home this evening adn throw it up :)
*edit - may have even been an 8in pot I put it in? Can't remember off the top of my head. But it's definately sizeable
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Well, the more you look at the more information you have about what might be wrong, you can always put it back as is if roots seem happy.
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Re: Unhappy radiata pine?

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Or.... it could just be the last years needles getting ready to fall off....
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Re: Unhappy radiata pine?

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I'm with Jow on this one.
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Re: Unhappy radiata pine?

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Jow and Jarrod, thank you for adding that. I'm not familar with pines at all. I only have this and one other (a JBP that is substantially larger), so I'm still learning about them :)
I'll still get a pic of it, and i'll have a look at the roots on the weekend :)
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Re: Unhappy radiata pine?

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Jow wrote:Or.... it could just be the last years needles getting ready to fall off....

;) i have a few tubes and they are all doing the same.... its just old juvenile foliage falling off.
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