Pale top. ??

[Mike Corazzi]

How's this look?



The upper foliage looks paler than usual.
I...THINK.... it gets enough water.
Maybe needs more?

Inset is whole tree a couple months ago. Same location.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Grey death or spider mites is my guess.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Grey death or spider mites is my guess.

I used some neem oil thinking of the mites.

 

[Dav4]

Mites!

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Not too much sun? It gets HOT here and the junipers are in direct sun all day.

I mean it could be mites, but I FEAR our sun.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Disregard previous bullshit. It is MITES !!!
Did the WHITE PAPER thingy. I mean ITSY BITSY damn lil bastards.
Apologies for casting about for oddball minutiae.

But it DOES get KILLER HOT here.
....I.. would die where the junipers are.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

DRENCHED it with Neem Oil.
Can't find any more crawlies on paper.

But...every spider mite I've ever seen was red.
These ....were... black.

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[Paradox]

Put it in the shade when you treat with neem. Treat it again in 2 weeks and 2 weeks after that to make sure you get through the entire life cycle

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Put it in the shade when you treat with neem. Treat it again in 2 weeks and 2 weeks after that to make sure you get through the entire life cycle

I wait til sundown. And a dry evening.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

I used up both my Neem and some Bonide copper. Still have the Bonide but Neem is gone.
Things look a LOT better. Greening up somewhat. New growth should tell the tale.
Which of those two is most applicable for mites?

 

[Dav4]

Copper is a fungicide... you need a miticide.