8/5/2023 0 Comments Christmas tree saplingThey are available from April 1 until October 31st. If the seedlings are “dressed up” a little the cost goes up, but our prices are the most reasonable you will find for seedling favors. Just email us! MUCH DO THEY COST?Įxact pricing can be found in our secure online store, but we can ship 100 plug seedlings anywhere in the country (except Hawaii) for under $150. We will work with you for any number or kind of order you wish to have. We put a planting instructions sheet and planting instruction cards in each order.ĬAN WE ORDER ODD NUMBERS OR COMBINE THE DIFFERENT KINDS? Since the seedlings are moist when they are put in bags, they will last a couple weeks as long as they are not exposed to extreme heat. When ordered for favors we add the burlap bags and raffia for your use or we put them in burlap bags for you. If they are ordered we would put each seedling in a clear 1 mil plastic bag before putting them in rows between layers of dry newsprint. That box is lined with paper and a compostable bag and wet newsprint is placed under, over, and between the layers of seedlings packed in the box. We begin by moistening each seedling after pulling it from the plug tray, then placing it on it’s side in a row in a box. Seedlings in burlap bags.one of the ways we can package them The first couple seasons we fought with the water, fertilizer, and lighting systems who apparently didn’t like being moved after 20 or more years, but still managed to grow our seedlings. We also went way over our estimated budget! There was much more to the job than that short explanation, including the erection of a nearby storage garage, but it gives you an idea of the start of our nursery operation. We had our first crop growing by early August. In mid July our son Kabray and daughter in law Erin helped lift the large heaters in place and I was able to get everything wired up. Then we were able to get the rest of the pieces as Yankee Gardener was taken down. The Balsam Fir is a favorite for wreath makers, who love to use the fragrant green boughs in their work. This conifer has shiny soft green needles and shears very nicely. (and often stopping to dig up rocks, fill the hole, and start over!) We had part of the frame up by June and the ends framed in with the help of my Dad. Abies balsamea The Balsam Fir is an extremely popular choice for both personal and commercial Christmas tree production. By late March I was sledging posts into the ground for the large greenhouse. Several truckloads of gravel were brought in and leveled. It was leveled off by our neighbor who runs an excavator and bulldozer. In the spring of 2007 we dug about 400 balsam firs from one of our only fairly flat areas below the pond that was near the existing electrical and water connections. In the summer of 2006 Steph and I bought two greenhouses and related equipment from the former Yankee Gardener Greenhouses.
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