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I planted Doug fir up near Arcata in 1981. They were planted on the shade site of stuff to avoid sunscald. A completely unheard of thing to a Scandinavian, of course.

Yep, compete for nutrients. Also mice can hide in it in winter, and they'll gnaw the bark and Cambium off just above the roots, because of the nutrients stored there. Big problem here. We used to lay out poison for mice when we panted Beech, but that is fortunately outlawed. So keeping grass and...

I don't give those trees much of a chance, being planted in such a thick grass turf. Should have killed the grass half a year before.