Bringing Back the Long Leaf Pine

Long Leaf Pine Seedling

We planted 50 long leaf pine seedlings last winter as an experiment.  This entire southeastern area of the country had originally been covered in long leaf pines which are lovely tall trees.  They grow in sandy poor soil and are fire resistant.  They can live for up to 300 years.  With our poor soil we would like to increase our acreage in long leaf pines; however, with this continuing drought the seedlings might not survive.