Is there a Market for Overgrown Christmas Trees?

[Bulworthy Project]

A friend of ours has about 5 acres of spruce that was planted about 20 years ago for xmas trees and never harvested or thinned. Does anyone know if there is a profitable market for this to turn it into pellets or anything? Even if it covered the price of cutting them down and replanting with something nicer, that would be a bonus.

[RichardKing]

Cut them before Christmas. Cut off the tops & sell them as christmas trees.
Leave the rest to dry & then chip for fuel. check out the market first. Probably best to get in a contractor, or sell as it is.

[westcountry Charcoal]

Give Brendon hills tree surhgery a ring not that far from you and I know he dose a lot of chipping for fuel

[Sparrowhatchforestry]

Where are the trees based? We harvest and sell a fair amount of norway to kindling suppliers, the value of them will proably be very low, however its stil a market. Why does he want them removed?

[Bulworthy Project]

Where are the trees based? We harvest and sell a fair amount of norway to kindling suppliers, the value of them will proably be very low, however its stil a market. Why does he want them removed?

Trees are in North Devon.
He wants them removed for environmental and asthetic reasons.

I'm going to give Brendon Hills a shout. As Westcountry Charcoal says they are not far from us.

Many thanks

[Emma S]

I have had teepee poles made from overgrown christmas trees, they were great.

[Chunkymunky]

Just a little thought but what about saving a couple and offering one to local town/village for their square at christmas or are they huge?