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re: Thousands of Pine Trees are totally brown
Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:18 pm to Sput
Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:18 pm to Sput
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Now in the Delta there are large stands that are dying and the states are blaming on brown spot needle blight instead of the real cause which is herbicide drift
There are large stands of mature pine trees that are dying from herbicide drift? What the hell kind of chemicals are you guys spraying in the Delta?
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Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:18 pm to Randman
I was drive home on I-55 a few weeks ago from the North end of Tangipahoa Parish and noticed this. Seemed at least half of the Pines if not more were like this, completely brown.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:26 pm to highcotton2
Gramoxone is hell on pines and cypress, valor is hell on hardwoods as best I can tell, roundup causes cancer.
But the recent dead pines in NELA are off site and dead due to the heat and drought stress=> bugs and shite imo.
But the recent dead pines in NELA are off site and dead due to the heat and drought stress=> bugs and shite imo.
This post was edited on 11/21/23 at 8:27 pm
Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:36 pm to Randman
You are describing the dirty work of ips beetles.
They are killing weak trees. Most trees are severely stressed from the weather and lack of water. A healthy tree can fight off an ips infestation. A severely stressed tree can not.
They are killing weak trees. Most trees are severely stressed from the weather and lack of water. A healthy tree can fight off an ips infestation. A severely stressed tree can not.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:47 pm to SuperSaint
Mate that's not sweet at all
Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:52 pm to sabbertooth
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You are describing the dirty work of ips beetles.
They are killing weak trees. Most trees are severely stressed from the weather and lack of water. A healthy tree can fight off an ips infestation. A severely stressed tree can not.
It would probably be interesting and useful to compare how pine trees in the area fared in this drought as compared to the 2011/12 drought in regards to the beetle damage. They've advanced in area and number since then, so there's probably some useful knowledge to be sorted out in research.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:52 pm to Randman
I don’t recall ever seeing this many pines dying in the span of a couple months.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:56 pm to boot
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I don’t recall ever seeing this many pines dying in the span of a couple months.
Monocultures may have something to do with that, too. We have weakened/stressed trees and a devastating pest that specializes in feeding on them. Large stands of pine trees are like the neon "Hot" sign at Krispy Kreme. Those beetles find large tracts of pine and they have it made.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 8:58 pm to Randman
The hard freeze the last couple years killed many of them.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 9:10 pm to Randman
Pine Beetles. They took out tons of our pine trees. You’ll see dust around them on the ground that looks like sawdust. You have to cut them down into a pile to try to prevent them spreading.
Posted on 11/22/23 at 9:56 am to Masterag
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The hard freeze the last couple years killed many of them.
Wonder if this weakened them and the drought was the final nail. I've heard numerous times how a stressing event can kill trees even years down the road whether that be drought or hard freeze.
Recently I was in a area where hurricane Michael ran through a FL state forest. They of course lost a lot of trees in the initial event but in the 5 years since they continuously lose trees that "survived".
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:13 am to Turnblad85
They call them “zombie trees”… the freezes a few years ago caused a lot of trees to start dying with slim possibility of surviving.. people watered them hoping but they just died off in pieces.. hit the water oaks bad.. some of them were still limping along and the drought finished them..
They had an article about them in Houston..
Pines here in katy are drought .. have friends that have had them taken down
We have a bunch also just starting to show death.. they are dying from top down..
They had an article about them in Houston..
Pines here in katy are drought .. have friends that have had them taken down
We have a bunch also just starting to show death.. they are dying from top down..
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