The Green of Greenwich is Turning Brown

There are many after effects of Superstorm Sandy still being endured throughout New England.

And one of them is becoming more evident with the white pine trees turning brown and dropping their needles all around Greenwich, according to Greenwich Tree Warden Bruce Spaman.

"From Tod's Point up to the Post Road, there are white pines that are brown and loosing their needles," Spaman said. "Sandy was supposed to be a tropical storm with rains. The winds carried the sea water but there wasn't the rain that was predicted to wash the salt from the trees," Spaman explained.

The result is that hundreds of pine trees at Greenwich Point Park, Binney and Bruce parks are shedding their needles. It's too early to tell if the sea water bath from Sandy will decimate them.

Spaman did caution residents whose trees are exhibiting the brown needle drop not to fertilize them.

"The initial reaction is to fertilize the tree with high levels of nitrogen. They should use organic, slow-release fertilizers like the Holly Tones," Spaman said. "The high nitrogen of inorganic fertilizers is like a chemical urea, it shocks the tree's system."

*Are your pine trees loosing their needles too? Tell us in the comment section and submit your photos.