Pine seedlings with different needles

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  1. Barryz15

    Barryz15 Member

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    Last autumn I planted about 20 seedling of pine (Pinus sylvestris) in my garden. I picked them up at our forest. They all are babies of Pinus sylvestris, but some have much longer needles than others, and few are even a bit curly. Others have shorter and thicker needles.
    So my silly question is:
    Can I have a hope that seedlings will grow up with different length of needles or they will gradually level up and be the same at the end when the trees will grow up?
     
  2. Michael F

    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Natural variation, probably partly genetic, and partly environmental (due to differences in their growing conditions). Scots Pine is quite a variable species. At least some of the variation will persist, but maybe not all of it.
     

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