What is the planting prospect for Lacebark Pine? Latest analysis

Lacebark Pine (Pinus bungeana) is an evergreen tree of the genus Pinus in the family Pinaceae, reaching up to 30 m tall. The bark of young trees is grayish green, while that of old trees is grayish brown or grayish white, revealing pink inner bark after the scales peel off. The tree has a graceful form and distinctive bark, making it suitable for ornamental viewing. Its wood can be used for house construction, furniture, stationery and other timber uses, and its fruit can be used as medicine. Let us take a look below at what the planting prospect for Lacebark Pine is like!

Planting returns of Lacebark Pine

1. Nutrient bag seedlings: One mu of land produces 300,000 Lacebark Pine seedlings per year. The investment in seeds is 80 jin, at 100 yuan per market jin. Labor costs, pesticide costs and seed investment costs total about 15,000 yuan, and when calculated, the annual profit is far greater than the investment cost, with profits basically guaranteed at about 8 to 20 times, and for each additional year the seedlings grow, the profit will increase exponentially.

2. Large-specification seedlings: A 1 m Lacebark Pine is priced at about 200 yuan, with a growth cycle of about 8 years. A 1.5 m Lacebark Pine has a market price of about 350 yuan, and it takes only 1 year to grow from 1 m to 1.5 m, which means that in one year a single large Lacebark Pine tree increases in value by about 150 yuan. A 2 m Lacebark Pine is priced at about 800 yuan, and from 1 m in the first year it can reach 2 m in 3 years, which means it can appreciate by 600 yuan within three years. Heights of 1.5 m and above can be used in landscaping projects, which means that a purchased 1 m Lacebark Pine grown for 3 years can earn about 600 yuan per tree.

Planting value of Lacebark Pine

1. Medicinal value: The fruit of Lacebark Pine is bitter in taste and warm in nature, with effects of relieving cough, reducing phlegm and relieving asthma. It has a significant effect on people whose throats are often uncomfortable, especially those with cough and phlegm, and it can be collected oneself and taken after soaking in hot water.

2. Economic value: The trunk of Lacebark Pine has very good grain, and the wood is also of the light and soft type, so wooden furniture made from it can be used for a long time. If wooden houses in scenic areas are to be built, the wood characteristics of Lacebark Pine also meet the requirements. After deep processing, it shows a unique luster, and its grain in joinery is absolutely beautiful.

3. Landscape value: Lacebark Pine has the resilient character of a pine, and its white bark is also distinctive in its own right. Whether planted on a large scale or as a single specimen on both sides of a road, it is the most beautiful scenery, and its chance of surviving in any soil is very high, so its ability to improve soil and purify the environment is by no means inferior.

Planting prospect of Lacebark Pine

1. Market demand: Lacebark Pine seedlings belong to a national second-class rare and protected plant, and are also currently a precious tree species unique to China and in short supply. The market supply-demand relationship has a direct impact on the price of Lacebark Pine seedlings. For example, in the Beijing market, Lacebark Pines over 3 m tall cost 3,000 yuan each. Since 2000, the price has remained very high, and has been speculated ever higher, and this is especially evident in Lacebark Pine seedlings. Next, in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hangzhou, Hefei and Dalian, demand has continued to increase, which has also driven up the price of these seedlings.

2. Market space: China has many deciduous tree species and few evergreen tree species, while demand for evergreen tree species is large. Lacebark Pine is simple and vigorous, with a graceful tree form, a broad tower-shaped crown, majestic and upright, and evergreen in all four seasons. It is an indispensable preferred tree species in gardens, and can be planted in clusters or as single specimens on green spaces, and can also be used as street trees and for afforestation in scenic areas. For example, Lacebark Pine used in the greening of Chang'an Avenue in Beijing brings out the solemn and majestic appearance of the capital.

3. Strong adaptability: Lacebark Pine is a slow-growing plant, with slow growth speed and a long growth cycle, so its price is relatively high. It has strong environmental adaptability, likes light and tolerates shade, tolerates poor land, and is even more tolerant of saline-alkali conditions. It does not demand much from the soil, and can also adapt to a soil pH of 7.5 to 8. It resists severe drought and strong wind, has few pests and diseases, and has low management costs. Moreover, this tree species has extremely strong resistance to sulfur dioxide, hydrogen fluoride pollutants and smoke and dust in the air, and can grow at temperatures as high as 40 degrees and as low as -40 degrees.

4. Resource shortage: Lacebark Pine has natural forest distribution groups in Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi and southern Gansu in China, but the number is not large. Things are precious when they are rare. Its propagation can only be carried out by division planting and seed sowing, and within a certain period the quantity is small and the price will not fall in a straight line, so nursery propagation is still profitable. In landscaping projects it has already become a “mature tree”, having gone through nursery cultivation, repeated transplanting, multiple root pruning, well-developed fibrous roots, firm soil balls, little root damage during transplanting and a high survival rate. In the new era, landscape planning and design require diversity in tree arrangement varieties, which has also made Lacebark Pine seedlings a special variety, widely applied and forming part of the price factor.