That's because it's fresh, new growth. Lots of times it will straighten out as the new growth hardens. Don't attempt to stake it yet, I've broken leaders off by not waiting until the growth is stiff enough. By late summer if it's still not straight, put a bamboo stake in the ground next to it and use stretch tape to tie it upright.

make sure its properly watered ...

does the pot have drainage ..

how long in pot???

ken

Thanks for the replies. I was going to just leave it alone and see if it straightens out as it hardens a bit. I agree it seems too soft to stake or splint. Hasn't been in the pot long. I got it as a 1 maybe 2g tree from Kigi last fall and potted into a container that holds maybe 3.5g of mix. It spent the winter in unheated garage. It's putting on a lot of growth (maybe too much). There's not really a single point where it's bent - the distal third on the new growth is just really soft and it seems like it grew long enough that gravity has just taken over. I'm wondering if this could be a fertilizer issue? I put some CRF at the beginning of the season and periodically I do add some dilute liquid fertilizer maybe once every week or 2 when I remember.

I splint leaders all the time with very small bamboo and tape. Only has to stay on for a bit. Seems that when they get older this issue disappears.

i never fert conifers ...

and if i have one in a pot.. i might fert it the third year ...

i might move it out of sun.. for a few days ... let it suck up some waer.. with less sun stress ..

whats a one or two g tree??? .. gallon?

ken

Too much of a kink to just be the normal flaccidity of new growth. And none of the rest of the new growth is doing it.

Conifers in containers will need fertilizing just like anything else grown in a container. There are little to no nutrients in standard potting soil and they must be supplied somehow. However, a dose of CRF is sufficient for the entire growing season - you do not need to supplement with any additional liquid fert. It could very well be that excessive fertilization from the added liquid is causing lush but weak growth.

I see nothing wrong, this is what Abies do. Here is my Abies numidica, it will straighten out

Looks like a plant stroke...cut it off? Cut off the entire new growth on the leader?

Personally I would leave it and let the new growth do it's thing. I would only cut it if the branch turned brown. It should eventually straighten out.

Is there a borer in there at the bend?

I just let my droop finish dying, and then trim off the dead end of the branch. I would NOT cut the entire branch, just the dead part.