I need some of the Loblolly Pines the M.E.T. has

[Ibanez]

Since I'm just across the street from the office can I get some there or are they only at the recycling centers?

[dsjeffries]

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

Since I'm just across the street from the office can I get some there or are they only at the recycling centers?

I want some [^].  Where are the offices?

[Ibanez]

In the same building with INCOG...those Devils!!

201 W. 5th Street

[RecycleMichael]

I don't know if the office has any yet. I just got them and first priority was some schools and the recycling centers. I am out of town so I don't know if there are any in the office.

Give us a couple of days and then call   584-0584.

I have a bunch to give away. Don't waste them, but I will give you as many as a few dozen. Bring a TulsaWorld plastic bag to carry them back to the office and keep them moist.

Incog is on the sixth floor. I am on the first floor.

[Ibanez]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

I don't know if the office has any yet. I just got them and first priority was some schools and the recycling centers. I am out of town so I don't know if there are any in the office.

Give us a couple of days and then call   584-0584.

I have a bunch to give away. Don't waste them, but I will give you as many as a few dozen. Bring a TulsaWorld plastic bag to carry them back to the office and keep them moist.

Incog is on the sixth floor. I am on the first floor.

Thanks! I just need 6 or 8 to replace the ones I lost due to the ice storm. Though if I can get more I'm sure my Dad would like a few to replace what he lost.

Not too many years ago he and I planted 500 in one day.

No whirrled bags though...you'll have to settle for Reasor's.

[dsjeffries]

We (my parents and I) have about five acres of nothing but decimated trees (enough for about 5 years' worth of firewood), including weeping willow, pecan, oak, Austrian pine, poplar, birch, queen maple, black gum, ash and hackberry... so we're in desperate need of trees to replace them.

And actually, I was going to post this question anyway, so I'm glad this topic was brought up...

I think that evergreen trees would be better replacement trees than deciduous concerning ice, since the tree doesn't go into 'hybernation' mode (phloem doesn't exit the limbs and branches), making the branches more flexible and thus more capable of bending instead of snapping off.  Am I completely off base??

[inteller]

loblolly pines are Tulsa's solution to replace the hard woods that were lost?  It just takes a stiff breeze to bring a loblolly pine down.....they are just a step up from bradford pears.

[RecycleMichael]

Loblollys are great trees. They grow well in Oklahoma. They can break in ice storms, but so can almost every other specie.

Look at the Up with Trees sites and you will see Loblollys. Some of them did very well, some did not.

I got all these free trees from Weyerhauser. I will try to get some other types of trees next month and will be passing out trees all over town for the next couple of months.

I will also sponsor some tree sales in March.

[inteller]

oh well that makes lots of sense.  Weyerhauser can come recollect them and make paper out of them when they snap to pieces in the next small ice storm.

[cannon_fodder]

Thanks RM.  While not an expert on what trees stand up well in ice storms I gained some knowledge (so-called "soft maples" are bad, Pecan seem to be strong but at a certain point just gave up, oaks lost their tops, many pines got stripped of all their branches but held their tops, cedars suffered permanent bends or went too far and split, elms took some damage but seem to bend pretty well, magnolias fair really well, the pair trees split like bananas, whatever ratty tree that shares my lot line had no damage, my river birch bent over the full 25 feet and it's top touched the ground - but fully rebounded!).

I do, however, know that a tall and majestic pine springing out of a neighborhood (read: well trimmed up) is a really nice accent in a yard or for the entire area.  So thanks for making those available.