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Christmas Tree Production
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Fraser fir field in North Carolinia

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Production

General Information

Growing Christmas Trees in North Carolina – includes marketing and economics information – PDF
Crop Profile for Christmas Trees in North Carolina Mountains PDF
Selecting Sites for Fraser Fir Production CTN-036 PDF
Christmas Tree Production Schedule

Genetics and Propagation

Christmas Tree Species

Christmas Tree Species for North Carolina CTN 030
Leyland Cypress CTN 021

Fertility

Shearing Christmas Trees

Shaping Fraser Fir Christmas Trees PDF
Shaping Virginia Pine Christmas Trees CTN 014B

Pest Management

General Information

Using Agricultural Pesticides Safely – Christmas Trees – English PDF / Spanish PDF – CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
Planning Emergency Response to Pesticide Spills – Christmas Trees PDF – CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
Recycling Pesticide Containers – Christmas Trees PDF – CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
Worker Protection Standard for the Use of Agricultural Pesticides – Christmas Trees PDF – CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
Scouting Fraser Fir in North Carolina AG-573
Information about Pesticides Used on Christmas Trees in North Carolina
IPM Checklist in Established Fraser Fir Christmas Tree Plantations CTN 032
Pesticides and Wildlife in Christmas Trees
Ag Chemical Manual PDF
North Carolina Pest Management Information Program
North Carolina Pest News
IRAC Mode of Action Classification
Pest Management Strategic Plan for Christmas Tree Production in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia – Information on pesticides, chemical families and reducing pesticide resistance
Pesticide Environmental Stewardship
Save Our Hemlocks

Insect Management

Common Fraser Fir Insect Pests CTN 018
Minor Pests of Fraser Fir Christmas Trees CTN 023
Control of Root Feeding Insects in Fraser Fir Christmas Trees CTN 008 – PDF
Asiatic Garden Beetle – University of Massachusetts
Bagworms
Balsam Twig Aphid CTN 019 – PDF
Balsam Woolly Adelgid CTN 020 – PDF
Black Vine Weevil
Cinara Aphids – PDF
Elongate Hemlock Scale – Penn State University
Green Spruce Aphid – Ministry of Forests, British Columbia
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid – NCSU Entomology
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Fact Sheet – Save Our Hemlocks
Japanese Beetle
Pine Bark Adelgid
Pine Tortoise Scale CTN 031
Red Fire Ant
Rosestte Bud Mite on Fraser Fir CTN 018a – PDF
Rust Mites in Christmas Trees CTN 034 – PDF
Southern Red Mite and Spruce Spider Mite
Spruce Spider Mite in Fraser Fir CTN 029 – PDF
Two-lined Spittlebug
White Pine Weevil
Root Aphids - Woolly Ash Aphid IPM – University of Oregon
Yellow Jackets

Disease Management

Groundcovers and Weed Management

Weeds Are Out — Groundcovers Are In! – PDF
Accomplishing Forest Stewardship with Hand-Applied Herbicides
Calibrating a Backpack Sprayer for Chemical Mowing Fact Sheet – PDF – CropLife Foundation & NCCTA
Weed Management in Conifer Seedbeds and Transplant Beds HIL-449
Weed Identification Guide – Virginia Tech

Deer Control

Deer Control

Harvest

Post-Harvest

Contacts for Christmas Tree Research and Programs

NC State University and NC Cooperative Extension Christmas Tree Website
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/Christmastrees/

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Updated November 16, 2009