Irish Christmas Tree Farm
What is a choose and cut system, you the customer visit our Christmas tree farm where you will be able to walk around the growing live trees we will have for sale, you choose one and cut it using one of our supplied saw, if you are unable to cut it yourself we will cut it for you, it is then netted to make it easier for you to take home, We believe that we are the first and only Christmas tree farm in County Limerick to operate this service.
Later on we shall be supplying, Potted Growing Christmas Trees for small table top decoration pieces, Children like to be involved in the choosing and decorating of Christmas trees our pot grown trees are ideal for them to decorate for Christmas they then have a living tree they can plant out in the garden or continue to grow it on in a pot for the following year, our pot grown trees our grown by us from transplants
About Christmas Tree Growing
Ireland's climate is ideally suited to growing Christmas trees, soils at best need to be free draining and fertile which enables growers to produce some of the finest trees in Ireland. Christmas trees will not grow any soil it has to be just right to get the perfect tree.
Christmas tree growing is an all year-round operation, from the initial site preparation to the ongoing maintenance of the crop. The annual maintenance programme when trees are planted includes weed control, crop fertilisation, tree training and harvesting.
We try not to use weedkillers, the only time that we will use them is to bring an overgrown field under control at least a year before planting, once trees are planted in the field we do not use weedkiller in that field main reasons harmful to the country side and they can kill the trees that we are growing if we are not careful. During the shearing process, the top of the tree, or leader is cut back.
By slowing the upward growth process, the tree will branch out more quickly. As the tree begins to branch out, we trim the branches to shape the tree and this will help to give it a fuller appearance.
We also follow sound soil conservation practices, protecting the soil from erosion and being careful not to deplete it of its nutrients. We do not spray our trees with a green colourant chemical like some growers as we believe that a tree will be a different shade of green from its neighbour instead of exactly all the same green shade in the field, a tree will be the shade of green it is meant to be.
It can take 7 to 10 years for a Christmas tree to grow to a minimum height of 6 foot.
About
Welcome to Irish Christmas Tree Farm, the purpose of this site is to give a description of our Christmas tree range that we have now and when the cut trees are ready, we are a family business located just outside Ardagh, Co. Limerick, we pride ourselves on the quality of our Christmas trees, we started Christmas tree production in 2009 on a small scale, but small scale turned into large scale, to date we have approximately 1500 trees currently in production, we aim to plant between 500 - 1000 transplants each year. With a long term plan to plant 5000+ a year, we will be selling our Christmas trees when they are ready ABOUT 2017 on a choose and cut system direct from the farm we believe that we are the only growers in Co. Limerick to operate on this system. We also supply quality transplants that we have contract grown for us by one of Irelands top producer of plants, we supply these to our fellow growers
Land Owners Grow With Us For A Better Future,
If you have the land you have the opportunity.
Earn €90,000.00 from 1 acre, Are you looking to diversify or start Christmas tree production, We have been given the privilege of being able to secure a contract with Ireland's main producer of Christmas tree transplants, to supply us with only quality transplants at very competitive prices which we purchase on our fellow growers behalf which in turn will save you money and time in trying to source and purchase quality plants. Even if you have an acre you can still benefit from growing Christmas trees for the cut market with the potential to earn €90,000.00
News
Orders now being taken for Autumn 2014, Spring 2015 planting
2014, Noble fir sold out again, we advise to pre-order your transplants for the Autumn 2014 to Spring 2015 planting season. Demand is strong this year for Nordmann Fir Transplants aswell.
2013, This planting season we sold out of Noble Fir and were very close to selling out of Nordmann Fir transplants, we have seen a steady increase in demand for our transplants.
Our Services
Our aim is to help other Christmas tree growers by providing a FREE information service when you purchase our transplants that we have contract grown by one of Irelands top plant producers, for resale to other Christmas tree growers, we WILL NOT charge a yearly fee for access to this FREE information, Further information on Growing With Us can be found at Limerick Christmas Tree Centre Website