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How To Keep Your Christmas Tree From Drying Out

Article Category: Gardening

Author Name: Tom Heald

This time of year my garden center is filled with Christmas trees and boy do they have the fragrance of the season! I've been getting a lot of inquiries about the care of Christmas trees and there is a lot of misinformation floating around in people's minds about taking care of their Christmas tree once they get it home. Let's visit about it.

Choosing a good tree lot and carefully selecting your tree is crucial. When selecting a tree, give a tug on the needles. If they easily fall off, know that that tree was cut weeks (if not months) ago and has already begun to dry out.

Never select that sort of tree as it will become an extreme fire hazard inside your home. Instead select a tree that still has supple needles that flex and requires effort to pull the needles off the branch.

Whether you buy a tree from a vendor or go off into the woods to cut one down, just know your tree is somewhere between non-living and dead. By that I mean, it's still green, the needles supple, and if you make a fresh cut at the bottom of the trunk and place it in water, the tree will take up the water and spread it through its needles where it still transpires - but it has no root system to continue to live. It is functioning only with the stored energy within the tree.

Always make a fresh cut at the bottom of the trunk when you get your tree home. By that I mean saw at least an inch off the base. The idea is to expose fresh cambium tissue that will actively transport water.

That tissue is located all around the inside of the bark area. The wood of the tree does not transport water.

Place your tree in the Christmas tree stand and add clean water. More than a few of my customer have asked if they should add white sugar, corn syrup, pancake syrup and even bourbon whiskey to the water to help the tree along. The short answer is no. The tree has stored energy already inside it in the form of glucose and adding more sugar at the very least is a waste and adding all that sugar to the water will make for a great bacteria soup in the Christmas tree stand in a just a few days. As for the bourbon whiskey, don't make me cry by putting it in the stand!

If you want to harvest your own tree this year, a word of caution - the western United States has gone through one of its driest and hottest years in recent memory and the trees in the forest are very thirsty. Provide plenty of water, especially the first 24 hours once the tree is inside your home. Don't be surprised if it drinks a gallon or more of water in that time frame, it is rehydrating.

Tip of the week: If you want a living Christmas tree this year, the rule is it can be only inside your home for no more than two days. More than two days inside a seventy degree home will cause it to break dormancy. Placed again outside in frigid temperatures, your living tree will be a goner.

Keywords: Christmas trees

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