i am sure that the production of the cones.. was a reaction to the stress of transplant ..

i will leave it to others to give you wisdom if it was to the trees benefit to remove them ..

i suppose it could open up a lot of wounds ....

ken

I'd leave them. They look nice, and leaving them won't hurt the tree while removing them might do so. If the tree doesn't have the resources to support the cones, it'll abort them naturally anyway.

Male (pollen) cones will fall off soon too.

Resin

removed cones from some trees look very healthy other ones with cones look brown not green

removing cones may be a good thing!

I have a white pine that has green cones at the top. It is now producing TONS of sap which is hurtling down onto the deck. That is stained. So, cleaning the sap is a nightmare. Can I see if removing the cones (which are about 70- off the ground) will stop from having to remove the tree? Or does this mean the tree is distressed and needs to come down? Probably at least 75 years old.

Cuts from removing cones will produce more sap…even if you could reach them. No way to tell from here if there are other issues.

tj

Thanks. Also, just read this on an extension site. I'll have to get someone out here to assess: Cold / warm weather cycles can produce pressure within the tree, forcing sap to flow out through openings. At the tip of pine boughs, there is a bud where pine cones develop in the spring. This bud is protected by a resinous sap. In drought years, there is less of this resinous sap. In wetter years, there may be some excess sap that can drip from these buds. Sometimes the dripping that we see is not actually sap, but rather `honeydew`. It is coming from aphid insects. They suck sap from the needles and excrete a liquid that is high in sugar and has a shiny appearance.

What's hitting the deck is lots of clear and white sap.

Honeydew washes off easily…relatively speaking. Resin will not.

tj

I would not have a White pine (Pinus Strobus) anywhere that will have anything underneath it.

They are the sappiest of any of the pine's native to my area. It's hard to even get near them without having sap somewhere on your clothing.