In this video Jackson explains how to shear a Christmas Tree and why it is important to do so. Please subscribe and check us out on social media! mmbtrees mmbtrees
Hello - from a 4th gen Christmas tree farmer in Nova Scotia .. I laugh with you when you talk about how uneven the ground is and how we can almost fall over a cliff.. cheers.. you are doing fabulous
Fads change. I live on 20 acres of steep ground and am contemplating starting with 200 trees until I can clear some more land. One of those things...no capital but the land and my ability to work. Just looking into what this entails. Lots of wild douglas fir that seeded just last year so I may start with what I already have. And shearing would be the only way to make a doug fir thicker as the wild ones are very sparse foliated.
you might want to look at a tree from stock specifically grown for xmas trees. wild tree stock hardly ever will develop the bud density , (but you can make them better), plus you have to have a second job for the first 7 yrs until you trees start to mature.
Great question. Its best to shear when the tree is growing the most, which for us in Maine & Quebec is during July until it starts freezing. You can shear any month though. And when you cut branches, you want to look at the branch and observe where the buds are first. That's where all your future growth is going to come from. So you want to shear off those outermost buds so the tree doesn't grow outwards as much, and when you do that the buds on the inside of the branch grow more inwards on the tree, thus giving it a fuller and more premium look.
Hi guys, I've got a 1 year old Pinus pinea (about 1-1.5m tall) in a pot that I want to trim over the years into the typical Christmas tree shape. Question is, do I let it reach the full height I want before pruning around the width? Or once the width is where I want it, then just prune and let it keep going upwards? How do you guys shape the trees over the years, from year 1 onwards? Cheers, Bronnie.
Yes! Shear less of the top than I do in this video. Be sure to shear the buds of the sides on your lonest branches so that the inner buds grow in more and give the tree a fuller appearance.
@@mmbtrees Thanks mate. I uploaded a video recently trying to manage a mature spruce. Let me know if you have ideas to get this tree to fill in. Additionally if you know how to propagate from cuttings please let me know!
Yes. The tree wants to grow upwards and when you shear the top, new buds will form to compete to become the new leader. This slows down growth on top and the tree has more energy to grow outwards.
A lot of hard work goes into Christmas trees
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Hello - from a 4th gen Christmas tree farmer in Nova Scotia .. I laugh with you when you talk about how uneven the ground is and how we can almost fall over a cliff.. cheers.. you are doing fabulous
Lol, I know, right? ...and shearing weekly?
Cool video! Love the hard work! Well done. Thx!
Great video! Thank you!
well spoken
Wow this is nice job
Is it ok to start pruning a Christmas tree in March?
would a Ford raptor be a good truck for this job?
Fads change. I live on 20 acres of steep ground and am contemplating starting with 200 trees until I can clear some more land. One of those things...no capital but the land and my ability to work. Just looking into what this entails. Lots of wild douglas fir that seeded just last year so I may start with what I already have. And shearing would be the only way to make a doug fir thicker as the wild ones are very sparse foliated.
Where can I get a knife like that?
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you might want to look at a tree from stock specifically grown for xmas trees. wild tree stock hardly ever will develop the bud density , (but you can make them better), plus you have to have a second job for the first 7 yrs until you trees start to mature.
Dude I thought this vid was awesome. I know it's old but stay on it man!
weekly maintenance of a field that big would take an amazon warehouse sized workforce!
Do you sell Christmas trees? How much does a seedling cost to send to Vietnam?
Are they pruned only in summer? When I want to cut a branch, where do I cut it so I don't kill it?
Great question. Its best to shear when the tree is growing the most, which for us in Maine & Quebec is during July until it starts freezing. You can shear any month though. And when you cut branches, you want to look at the branch and observe where the buds are first. That's where all your future growth is going to come from. So you want to shear off those outermost buds so the tree doesn't grow outwards as much, and when you do that the buds on the inside of the branch grow more inwards on the tree, thus giving it a fuller and more premium look.
@@mmbtrees Thank you very much.
Greetings from Bulgaria
Hi guys, I've got a 1 year old Pinus pinea (about 1-1.5m tall) in a pot that I want to trim over the years into the typical Christmas tree shape.
Question is, do I let it reach the full height I want before pruning around the width? Or once the width is where I want it, then just prune and let it keep going upwards?
How do you guys shape the trees over the years, from year 1 onwards?
Cheers, Bronnie.
Would you sheer a blue spruce with the same method?
Yes! Shear less of the top than I do in this video. Be sure to shear the buds of the sides on your lonest branches so that the inner buds grow in more and give the tree a fuller appearance.
@@mmbtrees Thanks mate. I uploaded a video recently trying to manage a mature spruce. Let me know if you have ideas to get this tree to fill in.
Additionally if you know how to propagate from cuttings please let me know!
@@mmbtrees Thanks mate, here's my first attempt. ruclips.net/video/i_B4ywhDo7o/видео.html
I just started this job and ass at it
Does clipping the top stop it from growing taller?
Yes. The tree wants to grow upwards and when you shear the top, new buds will form to compete to become the new leader. This slows down growth on top and the tree has more energy to grow outwards.
Do you wholesale
Sir, what is name of the tree?
Balsam fir!
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