Question
Italian Cypress
The branches of the Italian Cypress trees I planted a few weeks ago are drooping and turning yellow (see attached picture).
How do I know if this is from too much water or too little water?
Could something else be wrong?
What should I do to the branches that are drooped?
If these branches continue to die, will foliage eventually grow back in these areas?
AnswerDrooping branches on Italian Cypress trees are often caused by over-watering. So if you have an irrigation system, try altering it so you are irrigating less frequently. Use not more than 1 inch of water per week and then only if it does not rain. Place a pan under the tree and turn the sprinkler on and when the pan has 1 inch of water in it stop.
Pick up the drooping limb, follow it back to the trunk, and cut the limb from the trunk, leaving about 2 to 3 inches of the unhealthy branch. If the drooping limb is branching off a healthy one, cut the drooping branch about 2 to 3 inches from the Y where the two limbs intersect.
No if a branch loses it needles it will not grow back new ones along the branch it may on the end of the branch.
