Once you get your Christmas tree home, put it into water as quickly as possible, within 8 hours. If the trunk wasn’t freshly cut at the place where you bought the tree, then saw one inch or two off the bottom of the trunk and put it in a tree stand filled with fresh water.
The best way to Take care of a Freshly Cut Christmas Tree
Use the right stand. It ought to comfortably fit the diameter of the trunk. Whittling the trunk down is only going to dry the tree out faster. Be certain the tree stand you select has a large water reservoir. A tree can take up a gallon of water in its first couple of hours in the stand.
Big trees mean lots of water. Watch that the cut part of the trunk stays below the waterline.
Once indoors, a live tree’s branches will relax and open. Allow enough space for the lowest branches to fall open and not get in the way foot traffic.
To an evergreen that spent years growing in a field, your home is as dry as the Sahara Desert. Set the tree out of the sun and away from heat sources. Keep the temperature inside the room as low as is sensible.
As magical as it may seem to come home to a sparkling tree, don’t leave the tree’s lights on overnight or when no one’s in your home.
Even with daily watering, cut trees will ultimately dry out. When needles drop any time you touch them, and branches droop so low that ornaments are hitting the floor, it is time to take off the lights and decorations and bring it outside.
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