What caused these swirls in fallen pine needles?
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Pine needles as mulch for roses?
Comments (27)I am wondering if the reason they do not want you to use pine needles is that they want the rose to develop for a couple of years. @Strawchicago has posted that rose roots change over time. Baby or first year roses need something different then older more mature plants. I know that Rose Unlimited also recommends a different feeding plan for first year roses then the more mature bushes.... hopefully someone in the more know can answer why Heirloom might say this.... Also I wonder if all pine straw is the same... Much of the pine straw in Florida is from the Australian pine tree. It is now consider and invasive plant and people can't plant it, but the needles can be up to two feet long... I have a norfolk pine tree that has kind of branch(ie) needle about a half foot long with tiny needles less then 1/4 inch off the main needle. and of course the scotch pine and fraiser fir trees loose their needles at Christmas, and their needles are totally different.... I wonder what the nutrient differences are in all of them....See Morebrown pine needles: Cause? Use as mulch?
Comments (2)hi welcome to the world of conifers.. no conifer holds its needles forever.. 1 to 3 years.. interior browning is normal .. its the old needles .. increased by transplant.. and weather .... including drought ... pine needles are big business in many parts of the country.. use them at will ... i dont know what to tell you about fire.. try not to light it off .. lol .. mulch should not be more than 2 to 3 inches deep.. and if you water your garden properly .. they should be moist enough to avoid such ... gotta run.. dont know if i hit all your ????'s ken...See MoreMugo(?) pine yellow-brown needles
Comments (5)Hi Fotis, Don't, however, start watering any Pinus strobus on a regular basis. They do not like copious water and do like being on the dry side. You plant is a graft and would have been grafted also too, to a Pinus strobus (seedling). What you do have is a grafted-cultivar, and not a seedling. Hope that clears some things up, fer ya. And yes, of course, what you see is only natural, needle-shed. One more tip: clean out the dead needles with your hands. Dwarf conifers (particularly pines) build up needles in the inner of the plant and if not maintained, these extra needles can choke/kill a plant. The same applies to needle-build-up under a plant. 3" of pine needles is great and is free mulch. 6" (you wouldn't even know it's there if I hadn't told you...) will choke a conifer, too. Future Regards, Dax...See MorePine Wilt Caused By Pine Wood Nematode
Comments (3)Susan, You may check wih the city to see if they have any programs going right now to remove and otherwise deal with pines that have been affected by pine wilt. It seems to me that i read something in an email a while back from Sustainable OKC along these lines. Do you have any other exotic pines in your yard or immediate vicinity that may also be affected? If so, you may need to dispose of the remains properly. If not, I don't know that i would worry too much about it. It seems that the pine wilt nematode will run it's course regaurdless of what we do. Hopefully the take home lesson will be a greater awareness native trees, like Slash pine and Loblolly pine, that are more resistant to the disease. On I side note...I recently saw an article in Fine Gardening about a guy that left a tree trunk standing in much the same fashion, and carved it into a dragon...it looked pretty cool. I recently took down a Hackberry and left about 7 ft of trunk just in case i get the urge to do some carving. :) -Matt...See Morerootwad
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