Pine growth

[Football Hunter]

I've got plenty of long leaf trees I can dig up around me, im thinking fall would be a good time to transplant, just want em for shade and straw, maybe a double row on 10 x10 spacing?

 

[square]

I thought long leaf pines were further south. I just planted 60 acres of short leaf in AL just south on the TN border. The NRCS basically financed the prep and planting. They certainly don't grow as fast as loblollies. Only about 3 ft tall after 3 years.

 

[Boll Weevil]

I've got plenty of long leaf trees I can dig up around me, im thinking fall would be a good time to transplant, just want em for shade and straw, maybe a double row on 10 x10 spacing?

Shade, yes. Pinestraw, yes. But if they're right up close to your house, just know that cleaning gutters and the occasional snapped off limb from wind is a risk. That spacing is fine just limb'em to keep a modest crown and make a decent log one day.

 

[Biggun4214]

Why loblolly instead of short leaf? I've got about 15 acres that I'm thinking about putting in pines.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Why loblolly instead of short leaf?

Lobs grow faster.

 

[BSK]

Lobs grow faster.

Exactly. Loblolly, and especially the genetically selected seedlings, grow shocking fast, and produce great cover. That's what I want the pines for - cover in a predominantly hardwood environment.

 

[Biggun4214]

Thanks

 

[BSK]

Put those little 6" seedlings in the ground just 30 months ago, and a few are already 9 feet tall, with most being 5-6 feet tall. That's CRAZY fast growth.

 

[Football Hunter]

Just received the new East TN Nursery price list. if ordering more than 2,500 Loblolly Pine seedlings, costs per 1,000 seedlings is:

1.5 Gen $55
2.0 Gen $65
3.0 Gen $70

can u gimme a link to the nursery, maybe want 50 for my place in SC ?

 

[BSK]

Tree Seedlings

The mission of the Reforestation Unit is to provide quality, affordable seedlings (genetically improved where feasible) to Tennessee landowners and to optimize genetic improvements to increase the productivity of the state's forest resource.

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