Looks like algae stains on the mulch from someone slinging a hand full of slow release fertilizer on each side of the tree.
On Aug 30, 9:03 pm, Kirk Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I've attached a couple photos of the base of a young white pine I planted in > my yard last spring (2008). It might be hard to see, but if you look close > there is what appears to be a green stain ringing the mulch around the tree. > I only noticed this today when I was weeding in that part of the yard, so I > don't know exactly how long it has been there. > > Could this be the residue of some kind of liquid poison? It doesn't smell > like anything in particular (no chemical smell that I can detect). I ask > because I have had two white pines of similar age/size die suddenly in the > last year in my yard. Also, a person in the neighborhood has made a number > of snide comments to me over the years about the number of trees I've > planted in my yard. > > I've collected several pieces of mulch with the greenish stain and put them > in a small Tupperware container in the fridge. I don't know where I'd take > them to get them tested though. Any suggestions welcome. > > If this white pine dies suddenly in the near future, I will basically have > my suspicions confirmed. > > Thank you, > > Kirk Johnson > > > > 1215.JPG > 14KViewDownload > > 1215.JPG > 655KViewDownload > > > > 1216.JPG > 15KViewDownload > > 1216.JPG > 603KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
