Table Mnt pine male cones
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Dropsy AND ich? here we go again...
Comments (10)Great advice...and great news, I hope. (BTW- yes, we brought in the 'big guns', a 150W heater that has the water at 88 degrees). As of tonight , the 2 ich spots are gone (there were never any more than that). We also reduced the current. I was underestimating how that was negatively affecting her by lightly pushing her into things. She does seem more active now, actually swimming around a bit, using her fins. Before, she was only floating in the current. I will keep watching and will leave the water as is for 14 days. I am concerned about her swim bladder issues. But, one thing at a time I suppose. I will get some medicated food. We have thought about doing a random antibacterial treatment, knowing that something is amiss, but read many articles that state you should really only treat if you know what is wrong, and we don't. Thank agian for all your advice!...See MoreShortleaf pine
Comments (20)As for pests--I have had some problems with sawfly larvae. Two years ago I had them on three of my young white pines. I picked them off--it took three or four tries to get them all. On those trees they have not come back. But this year, suddenly, they began to devastate my shortleafs. I tried picking them off, but after one or two tries, they became so numerous, I had to get a spray. The first one, some kind of organic insecticidal soap, killed a lot, but did not solve the problem. I then got another spray and after three more sprayings, I got the last of them. If I had done nothing, all of them would have been completely defoliated. There were literally thousands of these larvae, and they clustered in bunches of 20 or so as they ate all the needles off the twig ends. I read that this problem is worse when the young trees are growing in a field, amid weeds and brush, as mine are. When these trees get big enough to resist buckrubbing damage, I will mow around them. For now it is good to keep them more or less hidden in the weeds and brush. Of course, I keep them from being shaded. And I have the best ones in wire cages for protection. I also had a terrible problem with the sawflies on my Vanderwolf pine--a kind of white pine cultivar. They were all over this tree and would have completely defoliated it if I had not sprayed. I also had some kind of fungus attacking the needles of my shortleaf pines, but it seems it did little harm. But in the spring before the new growth started, it looked serious. I will see what happens with that this next spring. I hope I will not have to spray for that also. --Spruce...See MoreTable mountain pine male cones
Comments (1)cool...See MorePitlolly Pine (Pitch X Loblolly Hybrid)
Comments (24)Brian: It would be nice, for tree lovers like us, to be able to get a variety of hybrid pines, but the problem is that there is no market for them that would re-pay the investment of setting up production. The one that may, at some point, be available, is loblolly X shortleaf. The idea behind this one is to develop a tree resistant to fusiform rust, which in some areas is a big problem with southern pines, including loblolly. I am not sure if there are others that will have a commercial market worth exploiting. Another factor is that there are regular pines that are very nice. One thing holding back pitlolly is eastern white pine, which is a flat out gorgeous tree, and which is very productive. It's wood, however is inferior to the southern pines, but it does find a ready market. If I didn't already have knock-dead gorgeous white pine groves, seeming to tower to heaven, at my timberland in far western MD, I might not be "messing" with loblolly, and pitlolly, so much. Northern growers also have red pine--not my favorite pine tree, but productive. The only genus that I know of where there is a great tree fancier's interest in hybrids, is the oaks. You can find all kinds of hybrids there, and I have been sampling some. But here's an idea: if there is something you really, really want--maybe the pitch X pond, you may be able to do a search and find out who, and at what university, has worked with it, and then give that person a call. He night be able to tell you if your idea is a good one, and-- you never know--someone might be willing to send you something. --spruce...See Morebengz6westmd
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