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What to do with pine seedlings?
shooter0130
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I ordered some eastern white pine seedlings. I thought they were going to be dormant but they came green.
I also didn’t think they were coming until March.
I’m in WI. The ground is too hard to plant outside.
I soaked them for a few hours. I potted them. They’ve been in my basement with full spectrum led plant/aquarium lights. The humidity is set to 50%. I water them when they are dry.
It’s been about 5 weeks.
The needles are starting to slowly brown and fail.
What should I do?
Thank you
I also didn’t think they were coming until March.
I’m in WI. The ground is too hard to plant outside.
I soaked them for a few hours. I potted them. They’ve been in my basement with full spectrum led plant/aquarium lights. The humidity is set to 50%. I water them when they are dry.
It’s been about 5 weeks.
The needles are starting to slowly brown and fail.
What should I do?
Thank you
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In the sticks near Peterborough
This is a UK site, so your chosen pine may bot be well known or grown here, welcome anyway.
That is a pretty pine you have chosen.
I do not know what you should do, but on the site below it has useful information I think it might help just until you get more replies if you read might give you some clues. Could you be growing the in too moist conditions?
Quoting this bit.
" Our cool, sunny summers and relatively low humidity promote thick stems and heavy branches. They are grown outside during the growing season and stored in unheated poly houses in the winter."
From this site, they are Wisconsin
https://www.evergreennurseryco.com/evergreens.php
An also quoting from this site, oops sorry same site
Good Luck you might be lucky enough to save them but nutcutlet could be right. I know a lot of pine type here seem to do well in sandier soils.