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Instead, they're cultivated like corn or potatoes on plantations. The tree farmers use a lot of poison to keep weeds away from the roots and a great deal of fertilizer to make the trees grow evenly and look pretty.
So, after a few months, the tree has turned into a kind of soil or compost that can be used in the garden as fertilizer.
It's easier to keep living trees in the ecosystem.