If you take a long spruce cone in your hand, you.

Sep 05, Spruce seed cones typically occur on the upper third of the tree, while pollen buds, which are fairly inconspicuous, occur on the lower third to reduce self-pollination (Photo 3). Some trees may produce enough cones to become somewhat unsightly Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. Aug 24, The green cone drop happens for hours just after dawn each day, during which time there is a noisy barrage of hundreds of green cones on our deck and patio under the tree. For critters to be responsible, there would have to be an army of rodents who are only active in the early morning!

There many different varieties of spruce. Each has it's own pattern of dropping its cones. The White Spruce cones will fall the first winter. The cones on a Red will fall he the first fall. The Black Spruce's cones will stay on for many years. A Blue Spruce's cones will stay on until after the second winter. May 25, This happens on a sort of cyclical basis. And possibly, out of that abundance of cones, it's just dropping some. Or perhaps an animal (bird or squirrel) is cutting some of the cones off.

It's also possible that the tree has put out a flush of stress cones. This happens when the tree is dying and it makes a final effort to reproduce. Jun 13, Of course, spruce trees produce more cones every other year, anyhow, so it is hard to tell if this year's crop is a result of some sort of stress experienced last year.

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It could be simply normal, Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Oct 22, Source: bushdig.bar Over the course of the last week, the squirrel dropped about cones into our yard and driveway, by my estimate.

The cones were coming off a Norway spruce (Picea abies) tree in our backyard. Native to Europe, Norway spruce is one of the main trees in the forests of Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Russia. Sudden needle drop (SNEED) is a newly discovered needle drop disease of spruce found in both Missouri and Illinois.

It is probably caused by the fungal pathogen Setomelanomma holmii. Symptoms are yellowing and eventual browning of older needles (top image). By autumn all needles on affected branches have dropped off except the needles on the tips of the branches. Affected branches may be File Size: 1MB.

Nov 25, Spruce cones hang down similar to how pine cones grow. The way to identify spruce trees by their cones is that they are much softer, flexible, and have thinner scales. If you take a long spruce cone in your hand, you will find that you can bend it, which is impossible to do with stiff pine bushdig.barted Reading Time: 8 mins.