Shearing & Shaping Scotch Pine Christmas Trees

Each year the trees need to get trimmed and shaped so they fill out and become nice christmas trees. Here we show how we're shaping our scotch pine trees in the hopes that some will become a christmas tree in the future.
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[@Drfsr77422]

Great informative video. I like how you explain the process you take. Thanks for sharing.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

I appreciate that. Thanks.

l upstate ny we are just starting to bud we won’t be shearing til july!

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

The scotch pine seem to be the first to open up. White pine are a few weeks later. Our spruce and fir buds have opened but we'll trim in the summer when the growth starts to harden off

[@tomsampson8084]

I was in the business late '60's to early '80's in Michigan. Scotch pine was about 80% of the market back then. Those trees you are showing are not scotch pines. Also, it is far easier to use a shearing knife that weighs less than a pound than lugging around a 9 pound hedge trimmer.

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

There are several strains and seed sources for scotch so it's possible these are different than what you saw 40+ yrs ago, but I don't think you have enough information to definitely say these are not scotch. I doubt the 4 different nurseries who have supplied me in the past 5 years have all misidentified what they shipped. The weight of the trimmer was addressed in the video. A knife is lighter yes but it requires speed and force and gives me pains like tennis elbow so I like the hedge trimmers.

[@chriskyger2459]

Where do you get your Scottish pine

[@WoodsTreeFarm]

I've planted some from a few sources including Flickingers (who is now out of business), Bosch's, Musser Forest, and Virginia Dept of Forestry. I put together a seedling supplier list you can download here: www.woodstreefarm.com/articles/where-to-buy-wholesale-christmas-tree-seedlings-and-transplants/