keeping your tree alive
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From: peggs, oklahoma
Originally Posted by Greywolf
A good root system, reasonable watering, and a huge planter do wonders. But you should not keep it indoors for too long.
Else get an artificial one.
I miss my blue spruce...
It was just four and a half feet tall when that fool woman I married decided that it was best thrown away when I went to sea.
I had kept it on my apartment balcony for three years, and only brought it in for the week of christmas when it was gaudily dressed up for the season.
And then it went back outdoors to continue it's growth.
I am not necessarily a "tree hugger", but I do admit that I have odd pets at times. I also think in the same terms my father did: "What is the use of small things?" A Japanese might be content with a bansai. I had a full sized tree....
"SHE" never realised that it was a family member the same as a dog.
Then again, I doubt she'd have given a damn.
When christmas was far away, and I was all alone, because I could not have pets - "Tree-San" and I kept eachother company.
It was an excellent plant, and it thrived....
Until I married someone weak and stupid
Else get an artificial one.
I miss my blue spruce...
It was just four and a half feet tall when that fool woman I married decided that it was best thrown away when I went to sea.
I had kept it on my apartment balcony for three years, and only brought it in for the week of christmas when it was gaudily dressed up for the season.
And then it went back outdoors to continue it's growth.
I am not necessarily a "tree hugger", but I do admit that I have odd pets at times. I also think in the same terms my father did: "What is the use of small things?" A Japanese might be content with a bansai. I had a full sized tree....
"SHE" never realised that it was a family member the same as a dog.
Then again, I doubt she'd have given a damn.
When christmas was far away, and I was all alone, because I could not have pets - "Tree-San" and I kept eachother company.
It was an excellent plant, and it thrived....
Until I married someone weak and stupid
Ya..hes a hippy..........
To keep it alive. Freshley cut the tree when you get it home. and prolly miracle grow it..
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From: cape may county NJ
I always have a real tree and until the day comes that I cant carry it or put it in my stand and get it in my house I always will.Now I always cut the bottom and make sure I keep up on the water,It hasn't mattered if I cut down my own tree or buy one from a lot they just seem to die faster then I remember.The guy that has the tree farm has a policy if they start loosing needles bring it back for a new tree,Yea right like im going to take of all the stuff and drag it back there for a new one.I just thought I would ask if anybody had done anything different to help keep their tree living that I might have missed,at least it smells like christmas when I get home!
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From: KCMO
Live trees need to be acclimated if they are going to be moved indoors/outdoors, or they could die anyway. What's the big deal about cut Christmas trees? They're a renewable resource. They are only grown for use as Christmas trees. Cutting them will not endanger the ozone or destroy rain forests, or even aggravate the occasional spotted owl (which, btw, does not taste like chicken - more like penguin).
After getting a cut tree home and into the house, and just before mounting it in the stand, cut at least an inch off the bottom of the trunk, like folks have been saying. Then, after it's up, keep the bottom of the trunk submerged, at least in water. When I was young, the old wives' tale was to dissolve an aspirin or two in the water. Those old women are gone now, so we can do what actually works. Sugar, syrup, honey, etc. dissolved in the water is better, as it more closely simulates the sap which used to flow from the roots, and is what the cambium layer is intelligently designed to transport.
After getting a cut tree home and into the house, and just before mounting it in the stand, cut at least an inch off the bottom of the trunk, like folks have been saying. Then, after it's up, keep the bottom of the trunk submerged, at least in water. When I was young, the old wives' tale was to dissolve an aspirin or two in the water. Those old women are gone now, so we can do what actually works. Sugar, syrup, honey, etc. dissolved in the water is better, as it more closely simulates the sap which used to flow from the roots, and is what the cambium layer is intelligently designed to transport.
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http://www.fnal.gov/pub/ferminews/fe...2-17/talk.html
Complicated, but it's supposed to work very well.
Complicated, but it's supposed to work very well.
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From: Indianapolis
Don't buy a pre-cut tree. Find a tree farm and cut it your self or have them cut it so that you get a fresh one. As everyone else has said, as soon as you get home stick it in water. When you're ready to put it in the tree stand, cut off a 1/2" to 1". As Jake00 mentioned, they drink a lot of water, so never let the holder get dry. I used to use maple syrup stirred up in hot water with a couple of aspirin dissolved in it, but the stand was always so sticky when I took the tree down that I just use the aspirin. When you think about it, if somebody cut you in half at the bottom of your trunk, wouldn't a couple of aspirin make you feel better?
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