Ponderosa Pine Problem

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Soferdig Kalispell, MT(Zone 4b) Mar 24, 2006

I percieved a problem in my ponderosa pine about 3 years ago. It paled in its peak (crown) and I projected that it was possibly a problem with the packing of the plants roots. But it now has produced a poor piece of pine that I placed my chain saw and plumeted to the planet. Seriously what is the disease on the crown? It looks fungal. No other trees look as this one does.
I have burned all of the foilage should I burn the trunk? I would like to use it for a "banya" (cordwood sauna) I'm building.

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StarhillForest Illinois, IL(Zone 5b) Mar 24, 2006

Are there bark beetles in your area?

Guy S.

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Soferdig Kalispell, MT(Zone 4b) Mar 24, 2006

Yes but I know that one. None in this tree. I cut down a healthy one and that fungal thing is not on it. yes the ball of sap is but not the white at the needle base.

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Equilibrium Mar 24, 2006

Culture it and send it to the lab to see what colonizes?

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