We were out looking at longleaf pine seedlings established on a plantation south of town. They have just planted around 12,000 longleaf pines. They are planting at 720 trees per acre. The trees are placed 6 freet from one another and rows are 10 feet apart. This will allow space…
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Here is a 10 year old loblolly stand with cankers on the branches. It is a bad hit with fusiform rust. This pathogen spreads by wind blown spores and goes back and with oak trees as an alternative host. Pine trees hit within the first 5 years normally kill the tree….
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This is a chance for foresters and landowners to meet the new GA Forestry Commissioner Chuck Williams when he and lobbyist Andres Villegas will hold town hall meetings throughout December 2017. If you would like to attend any meeting, e-mail tom@gfagrow.org.
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Wilcox County has so much land under forestry production. I enjoyed working with forestry in my previous county and keep my eye on the trees. As I’m driving paved roads, dirt roads and no roads in the county, this symptom of brown needles is almost every single stand and age…
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