[AT] Winter roads and impact on crops

[carl gogol]

When we selected g'ment seedlings to plant along the road in front of our 
place the info supplied by the county suggested that Austrian pine was more 
tolerant of road salt and fumes than most other trees.  It has been seven 
years since the little guys were planted and about half had to be replanted 
the following year. It was a dry summer and we got behind on chores like 
watering.  A van flying off the road got one of them at year 3, and last 
winter the rabbits girdled about half of them - I was going to thin them at 
some point, the bunny just selected them before we did.  They are now 
thriving and 6-7 feet tall.  Another interesting thing that was learned 
after the fact was that Austrian pine are notorious for not transplanting 
well.
Carl Gogol
Manlius, NY
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