Source: Molly Hulsey, GSA BUSINESS, 12/20/21


Christmas tree cultivation is akin to watching a train roll across the prairie and into your town.  You might be able to see what’s coming from a long way off, but there’s not much you can do to stop it, said North Carolina State University’s Christmas tree specialist Jeff Owens. The time in between planting and harvest is a decade-long guessing game. The life cycle of the average holiday evergreen from seed to saw lasts about eight to 10 years.

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