Growing Christmas Trees

They also carry pre cut trees from oregon in varieties not grown locally including noble fir and nordmann fir.

Growing christmas trees. Christmas tree farming is actually very good for the environment o callaghan said. How to plant christmas trees. As the costs of growing christmas trees are mostly labor for maintenance such as mowing for weed control and shearing the young trees a small grower who does their own work can keep most of the profits. Noble fir is a large option.

Much of the physical labor shearing is completed during the warm summer months. Once you ve chosen your variety of christmas tree to plant you must follow these important steps to plant them or they won t grow properly. Growing and marketing christmas trees is labor intensive and the work may often need to be done under adverse weather conditions. Pick the right spot.

Planted christmas trees are good for the wildlife around the planting site keep the soil stable and can be used as mulch once the holidays are over. Growing your own christmas tree can take time but in the end you will have a greener and more fragrant tree than one purchased at a christmas tree vendor. They provide oxygen and take away carbon dioxide while they are growing. Rain or snow during the marketing season may mean that difficult conditions for cutting for the wholesale market and deter retail.

The three most popular christmas trees are balsam fir douglas fir and scotch pine.