How do I keep it alive?
My potted Christmas tree. <<<<-
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Every year I buy a live Christmas tree in a pot hoping to plant it outside when the thaw comes.
Well they keep dying before I get a chance to plant them outside.
Would anyone have any tips about keeping it alive?
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Well they keep dying before I get a chance to plant them outside.
Would anyone have any tips about keeping it alive?
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My parents have the same trouble every year!
Get one with lots of roots... if they've lost all those little white roots then the tree can't absorb water and die.
Water it with a pint of water a day - or more if it's big.
Keep it indoors for as short a period as possible.
Choose a good planting position - not much competitions - when you plant it make sure it doesn't have air pockets around the roots - it needs soil.
Give it two or three years before you bring it back in again.
HTH
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Get one with lots of roots... if they've lost all those little white roots then the tree can't absorb water and die.
Water it with a pint of water a day - or more if it's big.
Keep it indoors for as short a period as possible.
Choose a good planting position - not much competitions - when you plant it make sure it doesn't have air pockets around the roots - it needs soil.
Give it two or three years before you bring it back in again.
HTH
(Spent 8 years working in Gardens and forests as a teenager
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Thanks for the tips Ali :)
I did not realise they need that much water.
I used to give them around a half pint every week. Reply to this
I did not realise they need that much water.
I used to give them around a half pint every week. Reply to this
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As long as you do not over water or fertilise it, thats what id did with my poor little bonzai tree...lol
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No Worries Mell, i think you more than likely have more green fingeredness than me:)
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So thats why i grew up never having seen a real Christmas tree, you killed them all so my mum dad had to buy plastic ones....lol
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Well, I was not quite that bad.
I only killed one per year. :)
But at least your parents were sensible. If one cant look after it one should not get it. ;) Reply to this
I only killed one per year. :)
But at least your parents were sensible. If one cant look after it one should not get it. ;) Reply to this
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Very wise words Mell, thats why i think i shall leave Christmas trees were they belong....lol:@) Reply to this
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I have a Christmas tree.
But I wont get a turkey so I can feel somewhat like a smug do gooder. :) Reply to this
But I wont get a turkey so I can feel somewhat like a smug do gooder. :) Reply to this
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Mell have you been watching that lottery advert with the farm about to bash the turkey with the shovel?....lol Reply to this