Are there wild Pinus strobus in New Jersey?
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Comments (15)Clement, I just discovered that the true name for Abies concolor #6 is 'Wyoming South' and not 'Lower road' Please check the Jerry Morris Life Monument and look at Abies concolor 'Wyoming South' #6. Click at the link and you'll see a simular pic as the 'Lower Road' which it isn't. However, as you stated, it's an Abies lasiocarpa and not an Abies concolor. So you see, also Jerry can make mistakes... Now my question is, what is Abies lasiocarpa 'Lower Road' then? Is this the same one as 'Wyoming South' or a totaly differend cultivar... Here is a link that might be useful: Life Monument of Jerry Morris...See MoreOrganic (Urban) Conifering Intro 1
Comments (3)The plant fotographied at Etzelstorfer nursey named Pinus nigra "Birte" are very doubtfull. The true "Birte" are a small globose plant. Clement...See MorePlanting under a mature Pinus strobus
Comments (5)hey nick of NOT Toronto ... i dont buy your tap rot theory ... based on 40 years of experience ... but i am not going to argue it.. nor care to read about the science.. i will leave that all to the tree geeks.. rotflmbo .. if tap roots were that big a deal ... i would not have been able to mail order hundreds of bare root trees .. nor ever dig one up .... anyway .... the single issue is water .. and as related.. the soil ... below massive giant trees ... GO DIG A HOLE.. then lets have this discussion ... i predict.. under large mature pines.. you are going to find highly compacted.. nearly cement like soil.. that hasnt been turned or worked.. in 30.. 50.. as many years as those trees are there ... trust me.. i have tried ... and i am not talking about virgin forest with hundreds of years of compost under trees .... so lets say you dig a hole.. if you amend it.. where will the pines send roots?? so you must stay with native soil ... then.. you place your plant.. and you need to water it heavily for at least two years ... and where are the pines.. [any large tree] ... going to grow roots ... into your struggling new plant ... so you should probably broadcast your water.. so as to not attract the trees to your babes ... [it should be obvious.. at planting.. the hole/plant MUST be watered .. i hope anyway] its NOT that it cant be done.. but i submit.. your honor.. ITS ALL ABOUT YOUR ABILITY to work the soil .... and more importantly.. provide the water a small plant will need under this 50 to 100 foot monster ... dig the hole.. tell us what you find ... i bet it wont be all that many roots ... and NEVER fertilize a HOLE under a tree ... trees just arent that stupid ... they will find the food ... so no matter what you plant.. it will be all about getting a babe enough water under a monster.. without stimulating the monster to take over .... if you havent heard.. i grow hosta under trees ... and water is the ONLY basic issue ... boy did i screw up years ago.. hand watering under my beloved freakin maple .... lol .. the maple figured it out.. before i put the hose away ... lol ... not to mention i fertilized individual plants by hand .. oh well.. live and learn .... i moved to get away from that maple ... ken ps: if you find a big root.. you move your hole.. dont cut the root.. it will grow new roots right there ... go figure ......See MoreItalian Stone Pine (Pinus Pinea)
Comments (77)I just did a search for P. pinea & ended up here..........any of you still around? I live in South Australia & have been around P.pinea all my life. We have one planted when I was a kid & it is now a big tree which dominates the skyline from a distance off. We get no nuts anymore as the cockatoos eat them all before they ripen. In about 2004-5 a friend & I gathered 10 gal of nuts from under a tree in the Adelaide plains & have been eating & germinating them ever since. I last germinated some from this hoard about 5 years ago. I am going to plant a couple of pounds of them this season to see if they'll still germinate.....will be amazing if they do as not many conifers will stay viable for that long. The nuts still taste fine & the embryo is still white & not dry & brittle....we'll see. P.pinea is an amazing species. I have grafted many species on it & all grew well. I have put P.mazimartinezii on potted plants & P.torreyana & P.sabiniana on 10' tall trees in the ground which healed smoothly & made strong sound unions. This is more amazing as P. pinea is supposed to be the most 'unrelated' species to any other pines. Here is a picture of about 2 gall of them:...See Moredavidrt28 (zone 7)
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