I have a potted one but I had kept it outside, and at times it dried out a bit and some of the branches browned out, so I snipped off those branches and made sure it remained consistently moist, but not wet. It has bounced back. Sometimes, I have read that soil that is mostly compost can be too nutrient rich and "burn/shock" a plant...I don't think that is what is happening here, though, but if so, you may want to amend the soil with some natural soil too if you haven't already. I hope somebody can chime in and help you out with it!

I am very far from being an expert on conifer diseases and this may just be the result of staying too long in the dry atmosphere of the house, but there are two needle cast diseases that primarily infect blue spruces. A purple color to the needles is characteristic and fungicide treatment is generally successful. Google blue spruce needle cast diseases for lots more information.

its imperative to always mention where you are ..

outside.. full shade for a few days.. then more sun ...

plant it within a week ..

it will be.. what it will be ..

i dont understand.. can you plant it or not ..

ALL conifers lose internal leaves .. its normal.. can be increased by abnormal stress ...

if it cant go in the ground.. put in bright full shade .. and plant in fall ... the key is a pot can heat up .. its the pot that needs to stay out of the sun ...

let the pot near dry in between waterings ... it is not a flower plant that needs to be moist all the time..

i would not spend 20 or 30 bucks on chemicals.. to save a 10 dollar plant ...

potting media goes in a POT .. never use soil in a pot ... too many problems..

can you plant it or not???

ken

"we have had it indoors since December."

Where exactly indoors? How much light? What was the temperature like?

Conifers are not houseplants and don't tolerate indoor conditions for very long. In fact, small trees sold over the holidays as living Christmas trees are typically suggested to be kept indoors for the shortest possible time..........no more than a week. If yours has been indoors for the last five months, I would not hold out a lot of hope for it. It looks dried up and dessicated and I would be very surprised if it responded positively after all this time. All you can do is get it outside under normal growing conditions and wait to see what happens, but I am fairly certain you will need to replace it.

As mentioned, conifers are not house plants. However, when I graft conifers they are brought indoors in late December and remain inside until late April. However, they must be acclimated back to outside conditions. If I moved them from the house, directly outside, they would go into shock... like yours has done. When you moved it outside, you would have needed to give it 1hr the first day with lots of shade, slowly increasing exposure over a two week period.

Can only wait and watch at this point. Next time, put the pot outside or at least in an unheated garage... Inside a house is too warm, and not humid enough once the plant starts pushing new growth. When plants are dormant, they don't have as much of a demand. That is why a plant can be kept in a cold garage all winter with little light, light water, and not much concern about humidity levels. It's a whole different ball game once the plant wakes up and starts new growth mode

More info as requested.

I live in Oregon, the tree has been in an unheated garage with little natural light, it was allowed to almost completely dry between watering, I can at this time plant it (could not before) BUT I will need to uproot it later this year to have it moved to its permanent location. It has was only taken outside to show the condition with better lighting.

I am not willing to give up on this tree if at all possible. It was a very special gift from someone to our newborn child but we were. Sadly we were given poor information for care by a nursery here it seems.