The Southern Yellow Pine folks say that you should NOT
stain a new deck for a minimum of six months. Give the
wood time to dry out. I would wait a year.

http://www.southernpine.com/expert/index.pl?leafcode=30

and of course: http://www.southernpine.com/ptl.htm

Read up and be confused no more...

NiteDawg wrote:

Just had deck built with PTL (pine)in New Jersey......confused about
what type of stain is best.....also how long to wait before
staining.....