How long with a live Christmas tree 'last'??

Question

I've always done the 'fake' tree but am wanting to buy a live tree this year. However, I am worried about how long it will last. I always put a tree up at Thanksgiving.

Answer 1

It really depends on when and how you buy the tree. If you go to a Christmas Tree farm and cut it yourself, seal the stump with plastic and keep it moist until you put it in the stand, you can conceivably get a month out of it. However, trees that have been sitting in Wal-Mart parking lots for a week will be dried out. Once the stump has begun to oxidize, the tree will have difficulty getting water.

Try an old florist trick too. Cut the stump at an angle to open up more surface area. It helps get more fluid into the tree. Also consider aspirin or floral supplements to keep the tree fresh.

Answer 2

I've sold Christmas trees the last few years, and the answer to your question is...it depends.

Something like a Frazier Fir will last 3 to 4 weeks, if its base is kept filled with water, and if you add nutrients to the water (often available where you buy the tree). The reason this particular tree lasts so long is because it has a thick trunk relative to its size.

A douglas fir, on the other hand has a very thin trunk, doesn't retain moisture well, and is often dying (and shedding its needles) even before you get it home.

NEVER put sugar in the water that feeds your tree. Sugar gums it up and inhibits the tree from absorbing water.

Answer 3

It doesnt last as long. The problem is while it might retain most of it's needles, the longer it's there, the more it dies. There are products to put in the water (like with flowers) that will preserve the tree, but I wouldnt put one up just after Thanksgiving especially not if you have carpet.

Answer 4

It will all depend where you buy the tree and how long it's been cut... You will need to water it daily with WARM water. You can judge how well your tree is surviving in your home by keeping track of the amount of water it drinks per day.
A good tree, at first, will drink about 2 liters per day. As the weeks pass, you'll be down to just a couple of ounces. Do not let it do dry.

good luck!

Answer 5

you should purchase it no earlier than 2 weeks previous to time. I continually purchase Douglas Fir timber and they artwork nicely. you may positioned it ontop of a blanket or some thing to guard your flooring. The tree holders i purchase are plastic with a hollow and characteristic the metallic that you comply with the trunk length and they artwork better because they keep the tree sturdy. only pour water water without delay into the trunk holder project. Pour water all a thanks to the brim of the tree holder. even as it is composed of christmas timber, you may't in any respect have too a lot water. search for in spite of variety of tree you want. once you've low ceilings, then make constructive you do not get a tree it fairly is only too tall. you should truly only purchase the variety of tree thgat you discover the most visually attractive. do not ignore that even as they are on the tree woodland the branches will be raised as a results of the indisputable fact that's sparkling. After an afternoon or so of being reduce down, the branches will settle and spread out. In maximum places they positioned netting around the tree once you purchase it and they help you get it onto your motor vehicle. the proper thanks to keep it on is probable heavy responsibility bungee cords. reliable good fortune inclusive of your tree! i have continually loved sparkling better as a results of remarkable pine scent it has. P.S. that's better to get the tree as previous due as you probable can so it is going to stay sparkling longer, even though it isn't neccesary to attend till the perfect minute. once you bypass to purchase the tree shake the branches to ascertain if pine needles are falling off. in the journey that they are, then the tree isn't as sparkling because it will be. because the tree starts to die at your residence the needles will fall off. that's really user-friendly to clean up with a brush or vacuum.

Answer 6

u can stil do that because the tree will stay green for a long time with water. i would however wait a week or two, while the tree will stay green it will start to dry out and drop needles all over the place and the you wil constantly be vacuming and stepping on them. youi can call a tree farm in your area also and they will be able to tell you based on the type of tree you want to buy how long it will last.

Answer 7

If you get a fresh cut...either you cut it or you watch someone cut it, & then you still saw off the bottom inch when you get home before immersing it into water...& you keep the water up & put some kind of needle keeper in the water, from Turkey day thru Christmas, out by Jan 1. If you just pick one up that was cut a month before the tree guy got it, & cut the bottom off & do same, you wil lbe cleaning up needles till springtime!

Answer 8

You should be okay if you saw off the bottom right before putting it in the water (when the tree is cut the sap dries on the cut area and prevents the tree from "drinking" up any water) and you water it everyday!

I check my needles for dryness. If they seem to be getting dry then I don't plug in my tree for as long as periods as I would when I first put it up!

Answer 9

it depends on when the tree was cut.. if you get a permit from the forest service and cut your own, it'll last way past christmas... just keep it watered. Trees that are sold on lots are cut weeks before they arrive on the tree lots, so keep that in mind.

Answer 10

The biggest keys are plenty of water (but don't drown it!), plenty of ventilation, and don't leave it indoors much past Christmas.

Ideally, it should either be re-potted into a slightly larger pot or planted in the ground after moving it back outdoors. I wouldn't plan to use it indoors again next year unless it's a slower growing variety like a Norfolk Island Pine.