Re: Monterey Pine
- To: c*@fix.net
- Subject: Re: Monterey Pine
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:07:47 -0800
- Content-ID: <msg751650.thr-b150eb56.58dc45.part0@monterey.edu>
- References: <v04011700b2c1c94dc62e@[207.114.193.62]>
cdills@fix.net,Internet writes:
>I'm confused. What is called Monterey Pine here in San Luis Obispo
>is no shrub. I planted one in my front yard when I moved in. Twenty five
>years later it was a 40-50 foot tree. It greww about 2 feet a year. It
>is a
>large pine and gets that way pretty quickly! It got the bark beetle and
>I
>had to have it removed. It was at least 30 inches in diameter just above
>ground level!
> I don't understand. Why this difference?
Im confused too. Here in Marina, Monterey pines grow fast (the soil
here is sand). In fact, many of the seedlings that sprouted after the
Pebble Beach Fire were knee high within at least a year.
