Pine Tree

Pine Tree Disease

The pine tree is capable of growing in many different kinds of climates and in a lot of different kinds of soil. Most pine trees can also endure a lot of stress as wind, weather and even a forest fire. But there are still some things that the pine can not handle, and that it pine tree diseases. Some of these are responsible of massive destruction of nice pine forests and I will try to guide you through three of them, what keeps them going and how you should get rid of them.

Pine tree disease - Pine gall rust

Caused by a fungus, this pine tree disease can spread from 2- and 3-needle pine tree to pine tree without using a transition host and is at first hard to detect. Only half a year after infection is the danger visible in form of swellings upon the branches or trunks. Left untreated these swellings will grow and after 3 years the fungus swellings will start releasing spores to infect other trees. In theory this pine tree disease can go on forever, deforming the branches and trunks. Ultimately though, this pine tree disease will kill the tree.

To get rid of this pine tree disease, simply prune the tree and remove the swellings before they get a chance to produce spores. The use of pesticide is not recommended.

Pine tree disease - Pitch canker

This pine tree disease is also caused by fungus but makes the tree to “leak” where infected. Detected by large darkening marks on the bark below the infection where the resin literary is flowing out of the tree this pine tree disease is not to be taken lightly. The name of the disease actually comes from the enormous amount of sap that the tree will lose once infected. The only way to help your tree is to surgically try to remove the infected area and hope for the best. Your tree might be scarred for life but will at least survive. Although if this doesn’t work, you might as well cut the tree down and replace it because it will slowly wither away anyway.

Pine tree disease - Tip blight

Although a problem for older trees, this pine tree disease can be lethal for younger ones. On older trees this fungus attacks the tip of the branches starting with turning the needles brown and leaking a lot of resin from the buds. A simple pruning, where you simply remove the infected needles, twigs and branches, is all you have to do. On younger trees however, this pine tree disease will start at the root just below the ground level and slowly make the actual trunk rot. Visible signs of this pine tree disease are that the bark turns red above ground level with black streaks on the trunk. There is really nothing you can do but to remove the tree and be sure to get rid of the roots before planting a new tree. You wouldn’t want this pine tree disease to affect your next tree.

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