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Old 06-07-2010, 01:01 PM   #1
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Hemlocks, now white pines. My young white pines look like the needles are getting rusty and dying. These are 3" to 8" trees. Any idea what it can be? Can it be stopped?
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Hemlocks, now white pines. My young white pines look like the needles are getting rusty and dying. These are 3" to 8" trees. Any idea what it can be? Can it be stopped?
As I said in the Hemlocks thread, my thoughts are this is happening because of the dry weather we've been experiencing the last few weeks. It's happening to trees on my property also and my Mother remembers it happening a few years beack during a dry stretch of weather.
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Hemlocks, now white pines. My young white pines look like the needles are getting rusty and dying. These are 3" to 8" trees. Any idea what it can be? Can it be stopped?
Do you mean 3 foot to 8 foot pines? The lack of water on small saplings (3-8 inch) might account for their condition.
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Old 06-07-2010, 02:00 PM   #4
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I think the lack of water has something to do with it. The rain should help them turn a bit greener. More rain this week. All will be good. Pray for no fires like Canada got.....
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Old 06-07-2010, 03:06 PM   #5
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Do you mean 3 foot to 8 foot pines? The lack of water on small saplings (3-8 inch) might account for their condition.
No 3" to 8" diameter trunks - 15' to 20' trees.
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As I said in the Hemlocks thread, my thoughts are this is happening because of the dry weather we've been experiencing the last few weeks. It's happening to trees on my property also and my Mother remembers it happening a few years beack during a dry stretch of weather.
And I said in that thread that we, too, had been wondering why all the pines are turning brown. We lost a big old "bull" pine a couple of years ago from that pine disease. They say it can hit one tree and not hit the one next to it. But we are hoping it is not that.
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Eh let 'em die, less pollen and pitch to deal with. Plant a maple tree!
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And sticks! I can't tell you how many sticks I picked up this spring.
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Some of you might find this interesting regarding the pines. These guys think it is due to both spring frost and fungus.

http://www.vtfpr.org/protection/docu...castUpdate.pdf
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I just read on the UNH extension site that the loss of the needles on the pines is due to a fungus that affected the needles from last years rainy weather. The site says that after they fall off, the new growth this year should be nice and green. And that it should not cause the trees to die, unless they are also otherwise stressed.
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