Keep track of soil fertility when growing both pines, pinestraw Keep track of soil fertility when growing poth pines, pinestraw.
Few materials can compete with pinestraw for use in landscaping.
Spread around flowering plants and trees, it provides a protective covering and a buffer against the ravages of sun, wind, rain and temperature extremes. Demand for baled pinestraw is growing as subdivisions sprout across the state. And more forest landowners are harvesting this valuable secondary crop. But some producers worry that removing pinestraw every year will hurt the productivity of their trees. On marginal sites where fertility is low, removing the pinestraw every year can eventually lead to a deficit of these nutrients.