How Do You Start Growing Pine Trees?
Pine trees delight the senses with their graceful, symmetrical branches and pure, tangy fragrance. Decorative and practical, they can provide a year-round “green screen” between you and a troublesome neighbor, and if your climate is snowy in winter, a line of pines along your driveway can provide a beautiful windbreak to prevent drifting. Pines come in many varieties and grow in most soil types. Choose a site for your white pine seedlings. Make sure you find a spot that gets plenty of light and air. Check for underground problems like sewer or water lines or other buried utilities. Don’t forget to look up. Your seedlings will one day be tall trees, so don’t place them under power or telephone lines or less than 6 feet from your property line. Put on your garden gloves and grab a shovel. If your seedlings are a foot tall, dig a hole a foot deep. If your seedling is larger, or is a “balled” tree, dig a hole that’s wide and deep enough to accommodate the entire root system, plus several i
