Planning Calendar

January, February, March

  • Tree seedlings are ordered, organized and nurtured.

April, May

  • Fields are cultivated and prepared for upcoming planting. Trees are planted individually in rows, lands and fields.
  • Some species are pruned and trimmed and all trees are fertilized and sprayed to assist growth.
  • Container Grown evergreen trees are pulled out of the ground.
  • Balled and burlap landscape stock are dug up.
  • Landscape stock trees are shipped to landscape nurseries and garden centers.

June, July, August

  • Trees are individually pruned and trimmed. Christmas trees are tagged for the fall harvest.
  • Retail lot owners meet with us to look at this year’s selection of Christmas trees.

September

  • Container Grown are pulled up out of the ground.
  • Balled and Burlap landscape stock are dug up.
  • Certain species are planted after “buds” on branches are hardened off.
  • Certain species are pruned and trimmed.
  • Individual tagging of Christmas trees continues.

October

  • The harvest season begins with lower grade trees being cut toward the end of the month.
  • Boughs are harvested from trees to construct wreaths and garland.

November

  • Christmas trees are cut, loaded and delivered to our 80 acre loading yard where your Christmas tree is kept fresh and protected from the harsh elements under a canopy of tall red pine in our loading yard.
  • Christmas trees are loaded onto semi-truck and trailers and delivered to retail lots just before Thanksgiving.
  • Christmas trees are shipped to 38 states, Mexico, Puerto Rico and other locations around the world.

December

  • The second shipment of trees are sent.
  • Online orders are shipped.
  • Dutchman Tree Farms representatives travel the United States meeting with individual customers to discuss quality, buying trends and market tendencies.
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