OT: (if I’m supposed to use OT) brown pine trees
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A lot of evergreen plants here were killed by the cold weather in December 2022. My neighbor had two white pines that had gotten really tall - one survived and is still there, the other died and was cut down.
Looks like the chilly weather is going to be repeated again next week.
Looks like the chilly weather is going to be repeated again next week.
I know there was a beetle scare in that area a few years ago. Sounds like a good opportunity to make food plots with timber prices being what they are.
I wouldn’t blame pine beatles unless your trees were really into British rock in the ‘60’s
I wouldn’t blame pine beatles unless your trees were really into British rock in the ‘60’s
the dead trees you see are from a severe pine beetle infestation. pine beetles have devastated the pine crop in central mississippi, and it will spread. brought on by several factors, including the drought, which creates superhighways for them to travel under the bark.
My folks in Madison had 12 on their lot they just had to take down bc of the pine beetles. That area got hit pretty bad it seems...
I took the Trace a few weeks ago from Eupora to Jackson and once I crossed 16 the closer I got to The Rez the more dead pines I saw, I wondered if it was drought or beetles
i just had 83 acres clear cut because of beetles. it's the same thing we've been seeing all over. MSU extension service confirmed, as well as forester. Said that the drought made a perfect storm for the beetles to take over very quickly. There are about a dozen different varieties of pine beetles in MS
Please take this as an inquisition rather than a challenge. But why does that mean it’s not beetles? Again, asking from a position to learn and not to criticize.
Brown spot needle blight. A registered forester told me about this a couple of years ago - it’s going to be a big problem.
www.aces.edu
Brown Spot Needle Blight of Loblolly Pine - Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Brown spot needle blight is an emerging disease in loblolly pine plantations in Alabama. Identification and control of this fungus is crucial for the survival of this native species.
www.aces.edu
Too many trees suddenly all over. it’s too wide spread and too fast to be beetles in my opinion
Ringo & Paul are only 2 left. Sightings are rare.
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That’s normally a good guess but I’m doing dry January. Pray for me.
Pine beetles and drought is the 1-2 punch. 60+ trees have been taken down in my neighborhood which backs up to the trace. I’ve got 5 pines in my backyard which are coming down later this month at $1K a piece. Neighbor has 17+ trees he’s taken down and will probably have to take more. It is unfortunate.
Ips beetles, sometimes known as “engraver beetles,” are bark beetles that develop under the bark and tunnel through the tree, damaging and killing pine and spruce trees. Two factors that contribute to ips beetle problems include prolonged drought stress and the creation of freshly cut wood (preferred breeding site).
Some of the dead are from ips. Not as bad as the pine beatle.
Someone better be coming up with a plan on what to do with all these dead trees around power lines and roads across Mississippi. If we get an ice storm in the next couple years it’s going to be bad.
Some of the dead are from ips. Not as bad as the pine beatle.
Someone better be coming up with a plan on what to do with all these dead trees around power lines and roads across Mississippi. If we get an ice storm in the next couple years it’s going to be bad.
Drought related makes sense. Tree removal services are about to be in huge demand!
Not the OP but beetles have been doing their thing for a lot of years and I’ve never seen anything like this. It makes sense to me that drought gave the beetles a way to destroy faster than normal but I would struggle to reconcile it not being drought related.
MSU forestry extension and two local foresters concurred beetles. MSU guy said he is seeing it all over the central and eastern central part of the state. Not so much in the southern part of the state. my trees had the tell tale yellow powder at the base of them, indicating beetles. we are seeing that all around here
It is confirmed (For me) beetles per MSU forestry, and partially drought driven, but not much really. It was just as dry in Warren county and southern Yazoo yet I see zero signs of it there. However where I live in Madison, it's horrible. Also down I-55south as well. I placed my HOA on notice that i have 8 dead trees in the common area by my house and if they fall, it will be the HOA's responsibility if they hit my home (but only if they're provided prior written notice that the trees pose a hazard which i did via letter). They responded and said they're aware and they've already begun work to remove dead trees from common areas now but the HOA is basically out of money and will have to wait until additional assessments are received for 2024. Get ready for your HOA dues to increase.
It seems like tree felling is an industry ripe for disruption. If you could get one of those skidders that basically cuts and stacks and get a chipper, you could possibly have a business.
ETA: scratch that. a highly used skidder/feller is about $170k. Even with the prices that removing trees from private, non tree farm, property, the ROI would not be there.
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I know a guy who bought a stump grinder to clean up his personal property and started grinding on the weekends. Within two years he quit a very good job and grinds stumps full time. He spent half a day at mine and my neighbors place after the March tornado. He made more that half day than me and the neighbor earns in a week. Cash too.
Sawyer beetles leave the sawdust(powder residue) at the base of the pines. The trees were already dead or dying when they moved in. Combination of drought, Ips and SPB has caused a lot of damage to timber this year. Drought weakened trees…
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