The least expensive product available. Production of quality Christmas trees depends on managing weeds. Unchecked weed competition hurts tree growth, but total removal of ground cover results in erosion that will shorten the productive life of a field. How they use ground covers is the primary tool for stabilizing the soil within a field of trees. This reduces competition for nutrients, water, and space while protecting the soil.
Suppression using herbicides favors broadleaf weeds, whereas mowing favors more competitive grasses.
Regardless of the approach, ground covers are a second crop that must be properly managed in any Christmas tree field to optimize sustained production. Circle the answer that best describes the ground in your plantation. It is planted in a cover crop and managed to reduce competition with the trees. It is covered in mowed or suppressed weeds except immediately under the trees. There are narrow strips of mowed or suppressed weeds between trees and wide strips of bare soil under the trees.