The only chemical registered for pine beetle is Dursban. The chemical is sprayed on the surface of the tree at weekly intervals to deter the attack of pine beetle. However, once the pine beetle is inside the tree, the chemical is ineffective. Some ... more

Pine trees under stress are more susceptible to pine beetle attack. Factors such as prolonged moisture or drought stress, slow tree growth that is common in overstocked or overmature stands, diseased or storm-damaged trees and excessive damage to ... more

What species of pine is considered best for pine straw mulching and landscaping?Answer: Raking and baling is much easier when you have long pine needles. A short needled pine tree is nearly impossible to prepare correctly for handling, transporting ... more

The initial cost is higher. But consider that you'll never have to pay for new boards nor pay for the skilled labor to replace them in your life, then the price advantage obviously goes to ipe! This is assuming, your cheap pine doesn't warp, ... more

Kiln dried pine is fine for them however if the pine your using isn't kiln dried pine then yes it is harmful for guinea pigs and can cause respiratory problems (ceder bedding as well should never be used for guinea pigs). So check the package and ... more

In the Pine mail program, and in the Tin newsreader, the 'delete' key erases the character to the left of the cursor. That's just a function of the Pico editor used in both programs. There's nothing wrong with your keyboard. If you want to erase at ... more

Actually, a Pine folder is a specially-formatted file. When you open a Pine folder, the messages are displayed so that you can read or otherwise work with them individually. When you save a message to a previously-existing folder, the message is ... more

Yes, one of them is comp.mail.pine, but be cautious about advice from such groups. Not all Pine users are using the same version of Pine we use on SVPAL. In addition, many users start Pine from a shell prompt and can set startup and other ... more

Pine has extensive context-sensitive help, meaning the help screens apply to the current working area. For example, the following help screens are available just for the header area (top part) of messages: Help for Composer To Field Help for ... more

Read everything on the screen. Pine is fairly intuitive to use, if you're paying attention. There is a lot of help available that may be hard to see with all the screen clutter. Try the different functions when sending or responding to mail to ... more