When To Plant Pine Trees

When To Plant Pine Trees

When to plant pine trees is very much part of planning and preparation, especially when making plans for a large are pine plantation, you want the maximum success rate for the young trees to succeed, meaning there needs to be sufficient warmth, rain and free of frost and snow.

Before we answer this question, let’s look at the; what and the why of a pine tree planting.

Pine Trees are evergreen conifers that can be found throughout the world.
A Pine tree has three main sections:

1. The roots, the lateral and the primary
2. The trunk of the tree or the stem of a small plant
   The branches
3. A pine tree is an upright plant that can grow tall and heavy.
   The life and the growth of a pine tree is mostly depended on the root system.
   The gravity is a force that the tree has to struggle with for the entire trees life.
   Wind, rain, and snow can increase the strain on the pine tree by the mechanics of leverage.
   A standing living tree has a hold on the ground, by the tight grip of its tentacles that sways and move when the wind blows.
   Roots
   Tree roots do have two functions – they are the anchor of the tree to the ground, and also help the tree to absorb water from the ground, with minerals and oxygen that are essential for the growth of the tree.

The roots of the pine tree and a type of fungi, do co-exist, they help to absorb sugars from the pine, while the fungi hairs on the roots help to absorb moisture. Fungi around the tree base can be used to identify the tree like a pine tree, but caution is required when handling because it can be poisonous. Pines are coniferous trees and belong to the Pinaceae family, such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines, and spruces. Pine trees are also known as conifers can be identified by the tree branches, which are covered in very narrow pine leaves, or pine needles.

When to plant pine trees and how?

Whether planting from a seed, seedling, plant or transplanting a tree. Containerized seedling does increase the success rate for the plant to grow into a healthy tree. Bare root seedlings are more susceptible do die if the climate conditions are sunny and windy, causing the bare root seedling to dry out and die.

When to plant Pine trees seedling plants

Container grown seedling and plants are best suited for late summer to the autumn planting, keeping in mind; location, what type of soil, nutrient content, and how much of natural rainfall there is during that particular season, too little is too little, and too much is too much, and also whether manual watering is intended, so that the root system of the pine tree has ideal conditions to quickly grow strong.

Ready grown plants usually possess a developed root system, they are capable of growing in cool soil conditions of the autumn season.
Conifers, such as pine and spruce, benefit from a slightly earlier start (to some other trees), preferring the warmer soil temperatures (around 18’Celsius) common in late summer to the early autumn season.

One way to identify a pine tree is by counting the pine needles per bundle, also known as fascicle, more on this later.

For more information of Pine tree planting and research, by Texas Cooperative Extension, visit the following link for a pdf file.

New Pine Planting Strategies.

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