Website Contribution
I. Introduction
- Compare untrimmed vs. trimmed tree
- What a good Christmas tree should look like...
- How can we change a tree into a good looking Christmas tree?
II. Main Body
- Environmental Factors affecting tree
- What is shearing and what does it do to control tree growth?
- What growth regulators are stimulated and how do they impact tree shape?
- Genetic Factors affecting tree
- Species selection, Why plant a white pine instead of a loblolly pine?
- Dominant vs. recessive traits and how they impact trees (ex. Coloration)
- Different sources available for seedling production (ex. Seedlings grown from sources in Spain )
- Different species used for Christmas trees.
- Pine (White, Scotch)
- Fir ( Canaan , Fraser)
- Spruce ( Norway )
III. Conclusion
- What can be done to shape a tree into a good looking Christmas tree?
- What are some species managed as Christmas trees?
Note: Props will include: tree foliage from several species and some shearing tools.
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