My pine tree is dead in the back of it, what caused it?

The back of my pine tree is dead . What caused it and can I cut off the dead branches and will new ones grow back. Also my other pine trees are dieing from the bottom up.Thanks if anyone can help me.

My pine tree is dead in the back of it, what caused it?
One side death we look at root damage or chemical damage. Root damage would be someone digging and cutting roots. Chemical damage would be a week killer applied along a wall or walk. Also gasoline and the like could do the same.......and salts. I'm assuming the branches weren't trimmed back as that will kill pines. Or maybe the branches rubbed against a wall for so many years.......Pines grow only at their tips. If the tips are lost, no more growth, but the interior needled continue their natural shed each year. Eventually the branch becomes bare.





No they will not grow back. Pines only grow at their tips.





As to the other pine dieing from the bottom up, are you sure it isn't natural to the species? Most pines do lose their lower branches as well as lose interior needed each year.





If this pine species should not be loosing branches, then this could be tied into the dead side.
Reply:beetles
Reply:Look at it really close, are there little white spots on it? if so those are eggs and when hatch they are eating your tree. I spray mine with "Ferti Lome" which you can only get at a nursery.
Reply:If you live in Canada the pine beetle has doing lots of damage in forests and in trees in cities and towns. You may need to destroy the tree and plant a new one.
Reply:When we have pines that do a swift browning and dying, it has been from pine beetles.





the only solution we have heard of is to cut down all infected trees and haul them off.........do not leave them on the ground for the beetles to spread.
Reply:i would cut it down and repalnt a new one from a sappling...i know that seems like alot of work but if you would have heavy winds then it might break off and damage your house or someone elses and you dont want to have to deal with that...it is such a headache