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Tree production for Christmas

Tree production for Christmas. and Christmas waste. Tree production for Christmas. Scotch pine. It is widely planted Adaptable to a wide variety of soils and sites Dark green foliage and stiff branches It has excellent needle retention. Usually sown in the spring

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Tree production for Christmas

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  1. Tree production for Christmas and Christmas waste

  2. Tree production for Christmas

  3. Scotch pine • It is widely planted • Adaptable to a wide variety of soils and sites • Dark green foliage and stiff branches • It has excellent needle retention

  4. Usually sown in the spring • Grow for two years in the nursery bed • There has been some research by university personnel

  5. Excellent needle retention and good keepability • It resists drying out, does not drop its needles • Remain fresh for the normal 3 to 4 weeks long Christmas season • It is ready to recycle

  6. Christmas waste

  7. Every year 3.5 million christmas tree is cut off • One third of these trees are not sold • They become waste • 20- 30 tons become waste which, cause serious environmental pollution

  8. More and more, who can not buy these trees or even do not want to • Artificial trees are becoming popular • Less children born, more singles skip buying tree • Market seems to set in • 2.8 million tree is sold,there is no chance that this number will grow • A profit of 80 million euro

  9. Waste prevention in Hungary • Save the Christmas trees: • Some Christmas trees (in pots) were hired and distributed on deposit • They gave back most of the deposit. • It is not necessary to cut down millions of pine trees for a celebration • There are alternatives • They gave back most of the returned trees to the gardening

  10. Composting Christmas trees: • 3 million pine tree were gathered and recycled • Christmas trees are thrown away after twelfth-night • In several cities in the country they were collected • The other solution is when they are given to a composting manufactory • The compost is excellent and useful for the soil • Creates favourable atmosphere for trees and bushes

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