Very helpful and informative! Here over North Alabama, Loblolly is very well spread over the Cumberland Outliers. The sister Short Leaf Pine is trickier to find, but in some places, it grows in abundance, mostly atop the outliers along the bluffs.
Loblolly pines are my favorite. I started planting them in eastern Oklahoma on a 20 acre remote location. I learned the first year that in the fall rut season deer will decimate them without question. So the second year I learned to cage them with 5' rectangular fencing. None of them have been bothered since. With no watering other than natural rain over 5 years they have gone from 3 feet in height to over 20 feet. They do need to be mulched at planting. They grow incredibly fast and are very forgiving of soil type and drought. Get them through their first year with a little care and they are off to the races. My oldest one has already produced small sterile cones. I estimate that tree to be 8 years of age and I planted it when it was 3 years old. Planting the small saplings did not work for me as the trees are unattended...they all died. Planting a 2 foot or taller tree works each time due to their roots.
My entire village is covered with loblolly pine. We didn't plant them but they just grow it naturally in abundant. We never use bricks/muds or any other woods and materials we only use Loblolly pine to build our house and furnitures. This tree plays a very important role in our vilage live.
Thank you for posting and sharing, very informative and helpful, there are plantings of these in NJ, in low lying areas, like you said, i enjoyed this video!
Thanks for the video, I was able to comprehend more verses reading several items, especially you defining loblolly back in the day (mud). Again, thanks for the video. Are those genetic improved loblollies? If so, are they 1st, 2nd, or 3rd generation seedlings. I’m interested in a South Carolina property that has 94 acres of genetic improved generation 1 trees. Are second generation seeds better as it relates to quality of trees/lumber? One article stated the height of loblolly pines attracts lighting, yet a second article discourages cutting tops of loblolly’s due to death of tree.
Thanks for this video as I don't know much about the Southern Pines. In terms of habitat and soil preferences, Loblolly sounds like the bipolar opposite of Lodgepole Pines.
Can the pinecones be smaller? If you live in areas like Oklahoma? I’m pretty sure I found this tree Everything Pointe Santa direction except for the pinecones right now and summer are smaller
in my neighborhood we have those same pine trees but I hate the cones and the only kind that I like are Norway spruce pine cones since they don't hurt when you pick them up
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Cesar Sánchez did you plant them yet my dad plants loblolly pine trees he could bring his squad over there and plant in straight rows into a plantation for u 😉
