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Boxwoods Sudden Browning: Winter Salt or Cold Damage

Diagnosis

All boxwoods browned simultaneously in spring after winter = deicing salt in root zone or extreme cold/ice.

Remediation

Water heavily to leach salt below roots.
Heavy spring fertilizing to spark recovery.

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