K-State Research and Extension

A healthy pine is a thing of beauty!  If you have one or several consider yourself lucky.  Pine trees have lots of problems that can arise in the Kansas Climate. Dothistroma needle blight is a common and serious disease of Austrian and Ponderosa pines planted for windbreak and ornamental purposes. Mugo pine is also susceptible to the disease, but Scots pine is considered resistant. The disease causes premature dropping of pine needles the year following infection. Continue reading “Pine Problems” →