With this in mind, you will be able to tell how tall a tree you will need and whether all four sides must be suitable for display. Freshness is an important key when selecting your tree. The needles should be resilient. Take hold of a branch about six inches from the tip, between thumb and forefinger.
Pull your hand toward you allowing the branch to slip through your fingers. Needles should adhere to the branch and not fall off in your hand. Bend a needle between your forefinger and thumb. The needle should form a "U" without breaking unless the tree is frozen. Lift the tree a couple of inches off the ground, then bring it down abruptly on the stump end. Older outside needles should not fall in substantial numbers.
Inside needles shed naturally every year. A fresh tree will retain its moisture content and thereby keep its fragrance and needles if kept in a stand that has good water-holding capacity. Some people keep the memory of their Christmas alive by buying trees that come with their roots wrapped in a ball of soil and burlap.
After the festive season is over, live trees can be planted outside where they will remain beautiful for years to come. There are some drawbacks to choosing a live tree however. They cost much more and are difficult to handle because the ball of soil is very heavy, weighing as much as 68 kilograms.
Most importantly, live Christmas trees must receive special care over the holiday season or they will die. Wrap the tree - If the transport time from the retail lot or farm to the final destination is more than 15 min, it is best to wrap the tree in a tarp, or carry it in an enclosed camper or the back of a pick-up.
Strong wind of 60 mph km h-1 on the highway, especially during warm weather, can damage a tree in a short time. Orientation on the car - Put the bottom of the tree aiming forward to protect the needles from being blown off. Tie it securely! Keep out of the sunlight - Do not leave a cut Christmas tree lying in the sunshine for long periods of time, especially if air temperatures are warm.
Fresh trees dry rapidly in those circumstances. Keep it in water - If a tree cannot be immediately displayed in water, make a fresh cut on the base of the trunk, and stand it in a bucket of water in a cool, shaded location, either indoors or outdoors. When the tree is displayed in a water holding stand, a second fresh cut is probably unnecessary, but might enhance water uptake. Cut off a disk of wood about 0. Make the cut perpendicular to the stem axis. Do not cut at an angle, or into a v-shape, which makes it far more difficult to hold the tree plumb in the stand, and reduces the amount of water available to the tree.
Do not cut off too much trunk, resulting in a handle too short for the stand. This would lead to the situation described in 2 and 3 above. If no saw is available, get the retailer to make a fresh cut on the base of the trunk before departing for home. Assuming that the trip home is relatively short, put the tree in water as soon as possible. Species like Douglas-fir and Fraser fir can go 6 to 8 h after cutting, and still take up water. Do not bruise the end of the trunk or get it dirty. Drilling a hole in the base of the trunk does not affect water uptake.
Use a stand that fits your tree. Some stands have circular rings at the top, so the ring must be large enough so the trunk goes through the hole. Other stands are open, which allows more range in trunk size.
Avoid whittling the sides of the trunk down to fit a stand. The outer layers of wood are most efficient in taking up water and should not be removed. Use a stand with an adequate water holding capacity for the tree. Using stands that are too small is a very common mistake. Fresh trees use about 1 qt about 1 L of water per day per in about 2. Do I need to spray water on the branches or needles of the tree in order to moisten them? The water you put in the tree stand should be enough to keep the tree moisturized.
Not Helpful 13 Helpful You probably bought a bad Christmas tree. Contact the place where you got it to see if you can get a refund. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 5. Don't buy a pine: buy a spruce, fir or cedar each has a different smell. If you don't like the smell of the tree at all, opt for an artificial tree.
Not Helpful 0 Helpful 4. Not Helpful 7 Helpful Chris Byankno1. Trees don't like hot water. They don't get the same nutrients the same way they would if cooler water was applied. Not Helpful 30 Helpful Not Helpful 3 Helpful 6. Cheryl Hill Johnson. Quite a while. A month or more if it is kept frozen. Once the tree thaws out, it starts to want water. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 6. This is most likely due to the fact you are not replacing the water enough.
Every day is a good idea; use a cup or mug to slowly remove the old water into the sink and replace. Not Helpful 12 Helpful Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Use LED Christmas lights to help keep down the heat on the tree and also to conserve energy.
Turn off the lights when not in use to save energy and to lessen any potential for fire danger. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Try not to use water that's been treated through a home water softener system. Water softener water has high levels of sodium in it which will actually shorten the life of the cut tree. If possible, find a faucet in the house that is not "downstream" of the water softener. Otherwise, you can use distilled water or bottled water, but bottled water may also contain traces of sodium but usually lower than water softener water.
Never leave your house unattended with your Christmas tree lights still on as it could catch on fire. If you're traveling but a family is going there and you leave the lights on, consider a neighbor checking to make sure it's not too hot.
If you accidentally let the tree run out of water, it may dry out and shed its needles. The only way to solve this problem is to cut another inch off the base and water generously. Make sure that the tree is far from heat sources, heaters, fireplaces, ovens, etc. Make sure your tree is well watered. So be sure it is watered and not a fire hazard. Don't overload electrical circuits. Helpful 3 Not Helpful 0. Remember never to leave lights on when no one is at home or everyone is sleeping.
Helpful 2 Not Helpful 0. So to help settle the uncertainty on the best time to put up a Christmas tree , we went in search of every opinion on it we could find on the matter—and then tried to make sense of it. Turns out there are a few different answers depending on how and why you celebrate Christmas. There are lots of opinions on the right time frame, with outliers suggesting that the tree should go up as early as before Halloween.
However, most people can agree on a couple of different dates that work best. In informal polls online, the day or weekend after Thanksgiving emerged as the best time to put up your Christmas tree, with the first week of December coming in as another popular timeframe. Decorating right after Thanksgiving is a great option because often, family is still gathered in one home and can decorate together.
It also allows for a great transition between the two holidays. The first week of December is just as valid, providing some time to separate the two holidays and still leaving a whole month to have your tree and decorations on display. Your Christmas tree traditions may also depend on your religious beliefs. In Christian tradition, there are several events immediately before and after Christmas that can give you an idea when to put up your Christmas tree.
Advent starts four Sundays before Christmas and is a period of reflection and preparation for the coming of Christ. It ends on Christmas Eve, at which point the official Christmas season begins.
This lasts for 12 days and ends on January 6th, the Feast of Epiphany which celebrates the three kings reaching the baby Jesus.
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