I turn a fair bit of Norfolk Pine (which does not have as much resin as some
other pines) here in Hawaii, and it indeed does spalt nicely. The key is
keeping it wet enough until spalting goes to the state you want. If the
moisture drops too much, the spalting will stop.

Most of the Norfolk Pine bowls sold here in Hawaii are spalted, some of them so
heavily you can't see any light colored wood any more!

Good Luck!
--Rick

kwilhite wrote:

I picked up some pine and wondered - does pine spalt? Some time back I had
some hard maple and some ash that developed some lovely spalting. Will pine
do the same? Currently it is outside and not ON the ground but setting on
some other wood.