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Why Does My Blue Spruce Have Pineapple Galls? Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid

Why Does My Blue Spruce Have Pineapple Galls? Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid

Droopy brown tips on a Colorado blue spruce in Durham are usually not tip blight. They are last spring's Cooley spruce gall adelgid — pineapple-shaped galls at the shoot tips. I had not clocked this one here before. Here's the cycle, how to tell it from Eastern spruce gall, and why spraying a brown gall in September is a waste.

Clinton Sharpe

Clinton Sharpe

September 6, 2026

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