GenTreeXT open-pollinated loblolly pine plantation pics rolling in from Southwest Georgia this week!

Today’s pictures are courtesy of Howard Wilder Land Management in Pelham GA.  The seedlings were grown from elite GenTreeXT LLC open-pollinated seed grown and sold in barero, ...Read More

A fantastic form-ula for Southeast US forest investment --- loamy sand soil, retained organic matter, genetics with great form, great survival and proper planting density.

With another growing season in the books, I stopped by to visit one of my favorite young pine plantations. Despite the sandy soil texture and limited water holding capacity, thes, ...Read More

It’s like Christmas come early! What? Pine tree progeny test data, of course!

Nothing is much more alluring to a pine tree breeder than progeny test data. This is where we test the seeds bred in our improved orchards to find the absolute winners -- th, ...Read More

3’ average height loblolly pine at the end of the first growing season?

In the South Carolina Upstate in a droughty spring and fall year, we’ll absolutely take it.

These GenTreeXT LLC loblolly pines planted in container stock in Anderson County, ...Read More

GenTreeXT genetically improved loblolly pine trees showing off great form in N. Mississippi

Northern Mississippi land is comprised of diverse soils and rolling terrain, and despite it's inland and northern latitude position, it has good productive capability for lobloll, ...Read More

Pine cone cutter comradery, strong cone yields, and great weather --- all are a blessing.

We are finishing up a two week stretch of loblolly pine cone harvesting at two GenTreeXT LLC pine cone orchards, one in the Central Georgia Piedmont (pictures attached) and another in SE NC Co, ...Read More

Extreme loblolly pine branch control and height allocation options from GenTreeXT (Copy-1)

Loblolly pine by nature (unimproved) is a crooked, big limbed, rust susceptible tree. But, it has tremendous genetic variability. After multiple cycles of purposeful breeding, improv, ...Read More

GenTreeXT loblolly CMP-infused seedlings looking strong on the Western fringe of the US South pine range!

It's pretty cold in SE OK this week, but the achieved pine growth here with GTXT loblolly pine seedlings certainly warms my heart to see! 6' to 9' dominant and co-dominant height growth at the, ...Read More

Pick a Winner?

Phil Dougherty here can't decide which of these 20 month old GenTreeXT loblolly pine trees he likes best.
 
The average 2 year old trees planted loblolly pines in the SE US are 3-5, ...Read More

These 2-year GentreeXT CMP-infused loblolly pine seedlings are off to an incredible start

These 2-year GenTreeXT CMP-infused loblolly pine seedlings are off to an incredibly strong start, but they have their work cut out for them for sure.

With 5-8+' of height gained in the f, ...Read More