How Much Will Christmas Tree Prices Increase? Almost Half of Planned Plantings Destroyed in Austria

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This year's Christmas business is not endangered by the crop failure - but the future is unclear.

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Up to 90 percent of the young Christmas trees set in the spring have dried up in Styria. It is likely to have hit the south-east of the country particularly hard. The failures could become a problem in a few years, but this year there are enough Styrian Christmas trees.

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Austrian Christmas tree growers are warning of the consequences of the summer drought, which in some places has destroyed almost half of the new plantings. There will be no shortage of trees this year, but they will be slightly more expensive.

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Christbaum-setzlings in Styria suffered from drought this year. The quality of the tree remains high, but effects only show up in years.