Fertilization of Christmas Trees in Oklahoma
http://agweb.okstate.edu/pearl/forestry/general/f-5027.pdf
Christmas trees, like any plant material, need nutrients to increase growth and maintain vigor.
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Growing Christmas Trees in North Carolina
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/xmas/growing/
This publication provides basic information to assist individuals in growing Christmas trees. It attempts to address the wide range of production, marketing, and business issues that may be encountered in such a venture.
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Growing Christmas Trees on Reclaimed Surface-Mined Land
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/mines/460-116/460-116.html#L1
Christmas tree production can be an excellent use for reclaimed mined lands in Virginia. Most species do quite well on mine soils because they are more tolerant of the acid, infertile, and droughty conditions than agricultural or horticultural crops, yet they do respond to active management.
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Handling Christmas Trees on the Retail Lot
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/xmas/ctn_026.html
Quality Christmas trees can be made available to consumers only if proper handling procedures are followed during harvest, shipping, storage and display. The retail lot is a critical point in this process, where trees are often maintained in less than optimal conditions.
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Herbicide Prescriptions for Controlling Competing Vegetation in Christm...
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Forestry/FS97-61.HTM
This publication outlines herbicide prescriptions that have been developed using the results from herbicide trials at Robinson Forest, operational test sites in the inner and outer Bluegrass Regions of Kentucky, and from specimen label information.
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Introduction to Growing Christmas Trees
http://agweb.okstate.edu/pearl/forestry/general/f-5020.pdf
Christmas trees can be grown successfully in Oklahoma; however, knowledge of production procedures and marketing potentials are essential.
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Introduction to Growing Christmas Trees in Virginia
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/420-080/420-080.html
Each year many landowners in Virginia consider Christmas tree farming as an alternative enterprise for their unused open land. This publication provides a broad overview of Christmas tree production in Virginia.
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IPM CHECKLIST IN ESTABLISHED FRASER FIR CHRISTMAS TREE PLANTATIONS
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/xmas/ctn_032.html
Integrated pest management or IPM is a sustainable approach to controlling pests by combining biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. This checklist is designed to give ideas of practices that may be adopted so that tree production can become closer to the IPM ideal.
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Kentucky Christmas Tree Production Workbook: Pest Control
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for27a/for27a.pdf
This publication describes ways to minimize insect problems in Christmas tree plantations and completely avoid the need for insect pest control.
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Leyland Cypress
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/xmas/ctn_021.html
Leyland cypress is now grown in all southern states, and is becoming desirable for use as a Christmas tree species in that region.
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