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dollymixture Lalinde, France Sep 20, 2008

I have a very large (40ft) conifer in my garden which is dying. There are large parts of it which are brown, and as it is only 30ft from my house I have made a decision to bring it down safely before the winter may bring it down on my house!!! My question is this. I want to plant another tree to replace it and have heard that the ground will now be toxic due to pine needles, so what, if any, tree could I plant? I would like a relatively quick growing one and obviously an attractive one. I quite like the idea of a fruiting tree but am not sure if that would work. The area it will be grown is a south facing plot with quite good loamy soil.

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snapple45 Holland, OH(Zone 5b) Sep 21, 2008

That's a big conifer to lose. I'm sorry. I have a few questions. Do you know what is causing the demise of the conifer? Do you know the ID of the conifer? Can I assume the toxicity to which you are referring is an acid soil pH from the dropped conifer needles? And do you know your overall soil pH? One other thing, what is your zone hardiness rating?

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Sep 21, 2008

Lalinde is zone 8/9. Assuming it's a pine ("due to pine needles"), the likely species are Pinus nigra (Pin noir; European Black Pine) and Pinus pinaster (Pin maritime; Maritime Pine) but perhaps Pinus sylvestris (Pin sylvestre; Scots Pine) or Pinus halepensis (Pin d'Alep; Aleppo Pine). A photo of leaves and cones would help to identify it.

I doubt that accumulated pine needles would have any significant effect on most plants.

Resin

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pastime Waterman, IL(Zone 5a) Sep 21, 2008

If you're worried about too much acid in the soil, try a PH test kit. They aren't expensive and then you will know for sure if the soil is too acidy or not. It will give you some peace of mind re: what to plant there.

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