Black, sticky trunk on Pine
Kevin Marsch
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Comments (11)Of course, I hoped you'd forgotten you were going to use it. :-) Those little adelgid blighters are the ones that leave like a white waxy residue? I may have had those on the waterii that succumbed (ref above). Did they just appear? Does Ken have any problems? I always give everything a healthy blast of derris and fungicide round March time now and then Rapide every couple of months after. Did the vine weevil thing last week as well. A mini snail munched most of the leaves off a 2 ft hornbeam on the tree farm last week in 3 days before I found it so it was out with the slug pellets as well. "Green" issues can go hang when you're talking quite a few hundred quid a pop. Sorry about the problems you've had. Apologies to KC Chris for hijacking and I see you've joined the style police BTW. After doing some reading, I feel perfectly justified in attaching some tanuki style deadwood branches to that sylvestris above to fill in the gaps. ;-)...See MoreJapanese Black Pine question
Comments (17)http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:9KSVw9L4z0IJ:ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/filelibrary/5253/25734.pdf+japanese+black+pine+leaning&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us UCCE MASTER GARDENER's website Well I did find this website and it says that the Japanese Black Pine can have a problem with "leaning trunk". This is what I was afraid of. I tried to put a pic on the hortiplex but couldn't get the pic small enough. I was over 60k on the size limit....See MoreJapanese Black Pine in Z4
Comments (2)HI, I have three BJ pines. Bought them at Lowe's 6 years ago. They were about 2 feet tall. They are now well over 20 feet tall, even bent over as they are. I just love their bent, distorted limbs, created by the weather. All forms of weather affect their growth and appearance and that is what they are loved for - their distorted trunks and limbs. Here in my part of Oklahoma, we get below zero temps day and night in winter that can last for a week or more, with blasting northern winds. The cold doesn't seem to bother them, nor the winter precips, but heavy accumulations of snow and ice doubles them over, often all the way to the ground. A few small branches snap off, but the main trunks are flexible enough that they don't break. After the snow and ice melts, they never stand completely straight again. They also bend with the prevailing winds that blow into the state year round - southwesterly in the summer and northwesterly in winter. The only thing that I have seen that affects them is drought. We had a severe drought for two years straight and in spite of my watering them, most of their needles turned brown. I thought I would lose them, but they recovered once the drought ended. Have not had any pests or disease - knock on wood. Hope this helps you in some way. ~ sweetannie4u...See MoreWhat's that on my pine? White fluff and black 'eggs'
Comments (5)need a better pic of the eggs.. and a scale ... and if we cant ID it.. try the garden clinic forum ... there are some bug sperts over there ... keep in mind.. there are a lot more beneficial bugs.. than bad ... so dont go hyper on removal.. until you get the ID .... [are they already cut off.. and in a plastic bag?? .. lol] you have been holding it in a pot???? .. if so.. thats the yellow issue ... probably lack of nutrients ... how did you protect the pot for winter.. was it in sun.. so the black pot froze and thawed all winter????? ken...See Morefloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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