2006-12-15 08:40:19 · 10 answers · asked by kirstie 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Thanks for the answers so far. We cut the stump when we brought it home, and have been watering. We even shut the heater vent above it. This is the first time that we bought a tree that wasn't flocked, and it's so dry.
2006-12-15 09:08:47 · update #1
I'm so sorry that you are having this problem with your tree. It sounds like you are experienced to some degree with care. It's just a fact that the trees get shipped from allover these days and are about dead on their trunks before they reach the market.
I would not buy a cut tree more than a week before Christmas and then Check closely for any signs of dry needles ( Thunk it's trunk on the ground, do they fall?, run your fingers through the branches, what happens?)
Dry trees are not only unattractive, they are a MAJOR FIRE HAZARD. Don't take a chance. dump it and get a fresh tree. REMEMBER where it came from, report or complain, or just don't buy there again. Your lives as well as your holiday may be at stake here.
2006-12-15 10:27:26 · answer #1 · answered by character 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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My christmas tree is almost dead, how can I make it last until Christmas?
2015-08-19 11:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anthony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your tree is not getting enough water to live on. Most likely, the place you brought the tree failed to cut off a piece of the bottom stump. That's where the tree sucks in the water. You are going to have to cut off a piece of the bottom, at least six inches, for the tree to live past Christmas. Once done, you have to put it in water and add more water every day. Usually if the needles are falling off, that's the sign of a sick tree in need of help.
2006-12-15 08:49:18 · answer #3 · answered by mac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It varies with the individual family. My mother would wait until Jan 6 which was known as the Feast of the Epiphany (aka "Little Christmas" ) to take the tree down. Some people take it down on Dec 26, still others wait for New Years Day". Most people I know will take it down the weekend following Christmas Day, simply because that's the only free time they have.
2016-03-22 11:54:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Warm sugar water. The warm water opens up the cells in the tree so they will drink more water, and the sugar replenishes nutirents. I doubt you'll be able to reverse what's going on, but that will definately slow it down. I've never tried it, but I'd love to see what green food coloring in the water would do.
2006-12-15 08:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cut off the end stump thing and stick some water under there.
2006-12-15 08:46:33 · answer #6 · answered by burn_this_city 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to be set in a container of water.
2006-12-15 08:47:51 · answer #7 · answered by beez 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you haven't been watering it, then you're probably screwed.
but the first person's suggestion might help.
2006-12-15 08:47:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-23 12:58:21 · answer #9 · answered by patience 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe that to be accurate
2016-09-20 10:21:22 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋