Is this fatal damage?

tdsmith_gw

15 years ago

Here is what the tree looks like today. This started during the winter.

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Here's the bark.

Can something be sprayed on this tree to save it?

Thanks, Terry

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pinetree30
15 years ago
Those dead branches are not going to recover, so I'd say the tree is basically lost. You probably wouldn't want to keep whatever part of it survives, if any.
pineresin
15 years ago
Sorry, yes, fatal. It has been heavily attacked by bark beetles (the holes in the bark are made by them) and is basically dead already.

Resin
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tdsmith_gw
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15 years ago
Well, thanks for the confirmation. I've suspected that for a few hours and after reading I decided to check the bark right before I posted.
A guy last year wanted to spray for some kind of fungus he said was going around and I said "No" so I guess something was bound to get it sooner or later.
Now I have to replace it with something that isn't deciduous to block the view of the neighbors big rigs year around.
botanybabe
15 years ago
That's a shame. It must have been a nice tree.

Lainey
kman04
15 years ago
It looks to me like your tree is dying(is dead) from Pine Wilt, which is spread by a microscopic nematode. I suspect the bark beetles(probably Pine Sawyer Beetles) just went after a weakened already dying tree. Pine Wilt is in fact spread from tree to tree via these beetles also.

At least the sporadic die back of the branches looks like Pine Wilt to me(notice upper branches still green and "healthy" looking). I see lots of dead and dying Scots Pines from Pine Wilt also infested with bark(Pine Sawyer) beetles here in Kansas. It's definitely much more prominent in the Eastern 1/2 of Kansas and Oklahoma, if that's what part of OK you live in. Scots Pine actually, are currently being eradicated here in Eastern Kansas from this disease/beetle partnership. I'm sure if my suspicions are incorrect, someone will chime in.
pineresin
15 years ago
Can't quite tell what species of pine it is from these pics; looks most like a Rocky Mts Ponderosa Pine (should resist Pine Wilt, but when stressed is susceptible to another beetle, Mountain Pine Beetle) but might be a European Black Pine (susceptible to Pine Wilt). Can you add a close-up photo of the foliage and a cone?

Resin
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15 years ago
i hide the view .. plant faster growing stuff.. closer to the house or your view points ...

and replant some pines further out ...

in my zone crabapples grow like weeds ... mail order them at the appropriate season ...

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