My christmas tree?

Question

I still have my christmas tree from last christmas and its thriving and doing well, can i keep it in a pot forever or will i at some point have to plant it in the ground - i live in a rented garden flat and want to be able to keep my plants mobile!

By the way - Its a normal run of the mill norwegian spruce...

Answer 1

If you keep repotting, giving the roots room to grow and more soil in general, you could keep it going years. But eventually it will get too big to handle.

Keeping in the same pot causes the roots to grow round and round within the pot even as they grow wider. Eventually you run out of soil, oxygen and the roots end up strangling one another.

Bonsai masters will remove their plants from the pot, trim the roots, prune the top and reset the plants with fresh soil. If that's not something you wish to learn, then enjoy your tree but realize it either needs to be in the ground with unlimited rooting area or it will eventually fade away in the pot. You can prolong it's pot life with regular fertilizing and general good care.

Answer 2

wow that is a talented christmas tree! is it a full sized evergreen? Does it hae roots, or was it chopped down?

I suspect that even if you repot an evergreen it will not thrive for long, however, if it is a small tree (smaller than a couple feet) I think it would need at least a foot or two deep pot with a diameter of at the very least a foot.

Evergreens are deep-rooted plants and their root system will grow mainly in a downward direction. They don't really need the best soil, but it does need lots of water.

Answer 3

It is fine. If you notice it is starting to look a little like it's dying, just repot it in a larger pot.

Answer 4

you may have to 're-pot' it when it gets too large for the pot that it is in, but it should be 'ok'. what kind of tree is it? that is probably a factor in how it will last too