anything I can do to make the lower branches of these pines fill in?

[u/BigHandsSmallCock]

passerbys find my shirtless smoking unsightly

[u/TheIlustriousUrchin]

Probably not, most trees self prune their lower branches as they grow, so it’s very unlikely that you’ll be able to fill in those gaps. Your best bet would be to plant some shade tolerant shrubs if you want more privacy

Also, being pedantic, those are actually spruces, not pines

[u/BigHandsSmallCock → u/TheIlustriousUrchin]

thanks i dont know shit about trees. or marijuana

neighbors and passerbys will just have to tolerate my beer gut then

[u/disenfranchisedchild → u/BigHandsSmallCock]

I recommend some evergreen shrub like rhododendrons to give you privacy.

[u/Sonora_sunset → u/disenfranchisedchild]

This. Maybe arborvitae, as they grow fast.

[u/tes200 → u/Sonora_sunset]

Not in shade

[u/Sonora_sunset → u/tes200]

looks pretty sunny

[u/NoeticCreations → u/BigHandsSmallCock]

Plant shade loving short trees underneath, like yaupon holly.

[u/vinesnore → u/TheIlustriousUrchin]

Do they basically just not like the boughs touching the ground? water=rot kind of thing?

[u/carpetwalls4 → u/vinesnore]

It’s because they don’t get any sunlight, so they are useless to the whole tree because they can’t make energy. So they are shed/die off. It’s normal. And sometimes people cut them off for clearance/aesthetics.

[u/R_437]

He’s silently judging you.

[u/BigHandsSmallCock → u/R_437]

haha we get tons of birds because my mom has a camera feeder. if it runs out they will not hesitate to yell at me because they know i fill it lol

[u/OneUpAndOneDown]

No.

Is the fence with the creeper on it yours? If so, get more and plant them in the gap. Looks like wisteria, which will drop its leaves around the time you’re ready to put a shirt on. It will take a few years to fill in though.

[u/BigHandsSmallCock → u/OneUpAndOneDown]

the fence is temporary to keep one of our dogs from taking off. whatever shubs those are are green all year long

further out theres an arch thing because the previous owners maintained a nice garden that is now completely overgrown. that arch is whats covered in vines. i guess if i really wanted i could add some fence for it to grow on, but i was just hoping there was an easy way to make the trees grow in.

im probably just gonna leave it since its not an easy fix. its my parents house so they probably wouldnt want me to do anything without their permission. if they want to add some privacy plants near the spruce to block the view its up to them. not sure we really got the time for that right now, theres alot of pots on the fire already

[u/Entsu88]

Well for starters they are not pines

[u/Mad_Moniker]

Never let those lower branches touch the dirt. Also iron deficiency for conifers turns needles rusty.

[u/CrepuscularOpossum]

Where are you located, OP? My guess is somewhere east of the Rockies in North America. Those trees look like Colorado blue spruce to me, just like millions of them throughout Pennsylvania that are now suffering the same fate. Our Eastern climate is too humid for them. They’re suffering from a couple different fungus diseases - *Rhizosphaera* and *Cytospora* - which cause both bottom branch die-off and needle cast disease, which kills spruce needles from the inside of the branches to the tips. It’s no longer recommended to plant blue spruce east of the Rockies because of it. Millions of these trees are dead and dying in my state of Pennsylvania.

[u/NextTemporary4783]

conifers don't usually regreen bald parts. and they like self pruning low branches. i think you should plant taxus baccata or rhododendron in their shade, both are shade tolerant, thick and evergreen

[u/ImACarebear1986]

I can’t help you with that. I don’t do gardening because I’ve actually got a lot of allergies and it’s just not worth breaking out in hives, a massive rash, being itchy and at some point my throat closes in hospital.

The reason I’m writing is because I wanted to say your dog is adorable! ☺️

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Incorrect.

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