Is it better to buy a tree from a grower who replants, or to buy a good fake that you could use for years?
2006-11-12 00:20:37 · 11 answers · asked by emily_jane2379 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
fake tree with natural ornaments pine cones popcorn etc.
2006-11-13 02:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A grower grows trees specifically for selling during Christmas time, and they are replanted year after year. I would think that this is the best option because eventually the fake tree will be thrown out. I live in Louisiana and there is an effort here to take the real trees and place them strategically in the marsh to help stop the deterioration of our wetlands. If they can't do anything useful with the trees in your area after using them, at least they will eventually decompose, and they are replaced...not harvested from the forest.
2006-11-12 00:47:02 · answer #2 · answered by Heather B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think as far as the tree is concerned if you truly are going to buy a good fake tree they will last you at least 10 years. That is 10 trees you are saving. When you've had enough of your tree after 10 years you can sell it on Ebay and get a new one and someone else can get the good of it.
The main trouble with real trees is not that they won't replant them but that you see them littering the streets for weeks afterwards decaying reminders of what has been. Very few people know how to dispose of their trees and the bin men don't take them.
2006-11-13 01:13:52 · answer #3 · answered by Carrie S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a plastic one, its probably not better for then enfirmonment but I havnt got time to replant a 6 foot tree in my garden in the middle of winter really.
2006-11-12 00:28:28 · answer #4 · answered by kayleigh e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were a good garden, that's a fab idea to replant each year, but everything seems to die on me, so a huge well made expensive tree, to use year after year after year, adding to it, year after year some wonderful trinkets, the children bring their children and hopefully will bring their children to help dress it, and each year the memories of all the other past Christmas's are recalled.
Tried a DESIGNER tree and all one colour baubles one year, they HATED it!
The oldies are the best eh!?
2006-11-12 05:15:02 · answer #5 · answered by SUPER-GLITCH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a real tree and return it to the earth. Sometimes I would take the tree out and pour honey all over it and then sprinkle bird seed on it. It makes a great shelter and feeding place for wildlife.
2006-11-12 00:27:22 · answer #6 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say both It depends on how you feel they are both environmentally good. Although tress take longer to grow they have probably done this for years and have tons of trees that can be used and planted again
2006-11-12 02:20:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have been using a fake one for years. It's less messy (no pine needles to clean up like a real tree) and cheaper.
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Christmas is what you make of it. It's not all about materialistic things.
2006-11-12 01:49:29 · answer #8 · answered by choosinghappiness 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a fake tree ,but 7ft. tall huge looks just like a real one.my 3yr. old has allergies,hubby has asthma. a real one isn't for us. you will save the life of a tree this way. happy holidays. p.s. i got my tree at walmart on sale 89.00 it was really worth it .
2006-11-12 01:07:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a real tree if you are going to replant it afterwords...
2006-11-12 00:24:05 · answer #10 · answered by Al 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋