https://land8.com/members/sherwoodbotsford/activity/ Activity feed for Sherwood Botsford. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:50:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 9493623efe7882f4d3584bd5c5860bbf http://land8.com/forums/topic/larix-spp-as-ornamental-trees/#post-151018 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:23:46 +0000 Didn’t say all of the time, and it may not be true in other regions.  We have about 16-20 inches of precip a year here.  Lots of species here havea problem with competition with grass and forbs while they are young.  Competition for both water and nutrients.  Get them to the 2 foot stage and they are fine from that point on.
You are correct tha…[Read more]

]]> 0 45b5413422d284a1d5810774a6f91cbc http://land8.com/forums/topic/pine-tree-identification/#post-151025 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 02:33:50 +0000 5 inches long is unusual for contorta. 1.5″ to 2.5 inches is more typical in BC, Alberta, Saskatcewan, Manitoba.
https://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_1/pinus/contorta.htm
makes no mention of any subspecies with needles this long.
I’m not familiar with the pines of the American southwest in detail. I’m familiar with lodgepole,…[Read more]

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