Sick Conifer, White Sap, Help Please

mdog1975

18 years ago

We bought our home 1 year ago. We have a small grove of unknown type of conifers. One died over the winter, we recently cut it down. The tree beside it seems to be sickly, it is not nearly as full as the others, brownish, white sap type substance on trunk. Any suggestions to help save the tree & possibly prevent whatever is wrong from spreading to the healthy ones? Conifer trees are new to me. Thanks for any suggestions, pictures are of the trunk of the sick tree, the entire sick tree, and the sick one compared to a healthy one. First time adding pictures, so I hope I didn't mess it up too bad.

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pineresin
18 years ago
Looks like Scrub Pine Pinus virginiana, tho' a close-up of the foliage and cones would help to confirm.

It certainly has some resin bleeding on the trunk, which may or may not be a serious problem.

Resin
mdog1975
Original Author
18 years ago
I hate to sound like an idiot, but what is resin bleeding and the causes? I tried google but couldn't really get an understanding. I would really love to save this tree, I just don't know what to try for it. Any suggestions? Thank you.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
18 years ago
if you are familiar with maple syrup ... sap bleeds ...

in pine ... it is resin ...

there was some insult to the integrity of the bark and trunk ... could have been mechanical .. or insect ... thought i have never seen it like that from one bug ...

million year old sap is amber ... cool with ancient bugs trapped in it ..

or i am wrong.. lol

ken