Interested in learning more about keeping those pests and unwanted insects away? Wondering how to improve the fertility of your lots? Read and learn from industry specialists on how to grow and maintain spiffy trees.
Soil sampling is one of the best investments you can make on your farm and is the only way to gain an in-depth understanding of nutrient cycling in your lot. Soil sampling will help you make informed decisions about what the best fertilizers are for your lot, when and where you should be applying them, and at what rates.
The moment you see your first live video feed from a drone, you will begin to imagine how it can be used in your operation.
Agreeing on how disputes will be dissolved can save you a lot of grief in the future. Hear from Christine Hirschfeld, Q.C., ICD.D on the benefits of a Shareholder’s Agreement.
Boughs or “brush” can be used for a variety of festive holiday decorations, or sell it to your customers and allow them to create their own holiday masterpieces.
You probably know all about growing trees, but what about the ins-and-outs of maintaining your business? Hear from marketers, lawyers, and accountants on the importance of keeping your business fresh.
The upside of removing shade conditions is that most balsam fir will improve within two seasons, though response time will vary with different management techniques.
Greetings from the Christmas Tree Capital of the World to you! It’s the middle of December once again, and the countdown to Christmas is
Christmas tree growers can benefit from having land set aside for pollinators. It makes for great advertising with consumers wanting an environmentally friendly choice, but more importantly, the flowering plants that provide habitat for pollinators also support natural predators of common Christmas tree pests.
While the harvest is fresh in your mind, here are some considerations to have a more efficient harvest next year.
Sometimes the first step is just going back to your customer armed with better information to insist on payment. Talk to a lawyer, and learn what they are so you can make an educated decision.
When establishing a new tree lot, selectively leaving hardwoods that offer habitat will drastically improve the biodiversity of the tree lot. Other ecosystem features that may be present in a Christmas tree lot and should be protected include caves, dens, valleys, wetlands, open areas, and wintering sites, ponds, springs, and floodplains. Topographic features provide specialty habitats for wildlife and foster lot resiliency.
Growing trees is fun and very gratifying. Watching a tree grow after planting, spacing, shearing and fertilizing, and observing the transformation of a vacant field
A typical site assessment will include, at a minimum, soil sampling, and testing, scouting for weeds, observing the site for environmental value, and identifying the existing plant species. Ideally, the site should also be surveyed to ensure that the lot will be square, or at least have square blocks.
It is important to ensure that buyer contracts, whether verbal or preferably in writing, are understood explicitly by both the exporter and the buyer. When putting together these contracts, ensure that future controversy is avoided by referring to this Export / Buyer Contract checklist.
Boughs or “brush” can be used for a variety of festive holiday decorations, or sell it to your customers and allow them to create their own holiday masterpieces.
What can we do to boost seedling root growth and over all health of the seedling to support it for its most critical first year in the field? In researching this request we had to talk with nursery specialists though out the province.
Agreeing on how disputes will be dissolved can save you a lot of grief in the future. Hear from Christine Hirschfeld, Q.C., ICD.D on the benefits of a Shareholder’s Agreement.
Many species of insect pests over-winter in Christmas tree lots and emerge in the spring and early summer hungry for new growth and fresh foliage. Make sure that you know they’re there before they become a problem.
The moment you see your first live video feed from a drone, you will begin to imagine how it can be used in your operation.
Soil sampling is one of the best investments you can make on your farm and is the only way to gain an in-depth understanding of nutrient cycling in your lot. Soil sampling will help you make informed decisions about what the best fertilizers are for your lot, when and where you should be applying them, and at what rates.
