![]() Our recommendation would be that you planted at least three species, including Norway spruce. Picea Abies Christmas tree needle retention is considered poor unless freshly cut and kept watered. ![]() So for a 5 to 6 foot tree, your Christmas tree harvest could be ready in as little as 4-5 years. This can be achieved with chemicals or manual cutting or extraction. No competition from grass or weeds will also improve the Picea Abies growth rate. If you experience high growth rates, best to prune back the leader and side branches. sun, moisture and soil, you can expect more, sometimes up to 3ft but this is undesirable as the branches are too spaced out. Picea Abies Christmas trees are generally shallow rooted and do not grow a tap root so in extreme winds in places that are unsheltered, you may experience some losses from being blown over.Įxpect a growth rate of around 1ft per year but under ideal conditions e.g. Growth is best in full sunlight in deep, moist and rich soils (nutrient rich, not financially!) although you can still plant in clay and sandy soils but expect slightly less vigour. Having spoken to the tree shelter manufacturers they say you could use them but it would be very unusual and of course your time to maturity would be greater as you need to wait a year or two before they grow out of the top. If you have a rabbit problem, you can fence off the area, use traps or shooting to keep the numbers down. Trees shelters for Christmas trees are generally not used as it affects the ultimate shape of the tree as at least the first 60cm of the tree will be bare of branches. The reason deer are not that much of a problem is because they generally do not like the taste of Picea Abies but in times of food shortage they can change their mind. By browsing we mean their tendency to walk past and nibble not surf the Internet. Taking the tree out of the pot and making sure it is not pot bound (the roots starting to grow around the pot) will let you know when to pot on if you have any doubt.ĭeer are apparently not too much of a problem with their usual browsing habit. Depending on the age you sell them, this will dictate if you have to repot into a larger one. ![]() Start with 2 litre pots for a couple of years, move on to 5 litres and let them grow a couple of more years and then put into a 10+ litre sized pot ready for sale at 5-6 years old. You can plant into ploughed land or pre-treat with herbicide, just be sure to follow the instructions for spraying. ![]() If left to grow it would achieve a height of over 70m which would be one amazing Christmas tree. It has become less popular in recent years due to its lesser ability to retain its needles but from a commercial growers point of they are an excellent choice due to their speed of growth, disease resistance and colour. Norway spruce (picea abies) is the most well-known of all Christmas tree varieties. If you are looking to buy Picea Abies for a Christmas tree plantation, then you will be pleased to know that the seeds used to grow them have been selected from trees that have a good shape to them already with the theory being that the new trees will also carry a good shape too. ![]()
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