So I had to remove them, I have a slight dermatitis problem so when the resin from Pines touches the skin it sets up a reaction,
( bloody sook ) so I wear cotton gloves.
This is fine all needles cleaned out tree back on the bench, two days later what the
there were a lot of browning needles 
, I could not fathom what was wrong. Bloody cats was my immediate thought. So back to the workbench to start over, after spending 3 hours cleaning, I was not happy jan,
So I looked for my gloves, when I found them I realised.
What I had done and what caused the problem, the reason was. I had used the gloves when I was spraying roundup, and the sprayer was leaking somewhat. ( have replaced the O ring )
It had soaked into the gloves, so while I was using them to clean out the needles and some sweating, residue from the roundup got on the needles. Lesson learned and past on, the gloves got thrown out.
SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL
Pup
