Fruit Tree Brown Leaf Tips: Salt, Water or Root Stress?

Brown tips and margins are common on Southern California fruit trees, particularly where irrigation water or soil salts are factors.

Look at the pattern

Uniform tip and margin burn across many leaves suggests a different problem than isolated spots, chewing or mite damage.

Review irrigation

Check watering depth, drainage, emitter coverage and whether salts are accumulating in the root zone.

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