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Christmas Tree Care
Getting a Christmas tree to home is the easiest part
of the task. Even decorating the tree is not very difficult. The most
complicated task is to maintain the Christmas tree and take good care of
it. To help you in taking care of the Christmas tree, we are providing a
number of tips below. These tips will be very useful for you in caring
for Christmas tree.
- The best way of maintaining the freshness of the Christmas tree
is by keeping it a traditional reservoir-type stand. It also helps
in curtailing needle loss problems.
- Before putting the tree in the stand, cut around 1/2-inch thick
disk of wood from the base of the trunk. The cut should be
perpendicular to the stem axis. This will make it easier to hold the
tree in the stand.
- The moment you bring a Christmas tree to your home put it in
water. Make sure that you don't damage the cut surface or get it
dirty in the process.
- The stand used to hold the tree should have adequate water
holding capacity. On an average, the stand should be able to hold
one quart of water per inch of stem diameter.
- Never ever try to fit a tree into a small stand. It will bruise
the outer layers of wood, which are the most efficient in taking up
water.
- Christmas tree should always be kept away from sources of heat,
like fireplaces, heaters, etc.
- Lowering the room temperature helps in slowing down the drying of
the tree as well as lessening of the water consumption.
- Make sure that the level of water in the stand never goes below
the base of the tree.
- Using low heat producing lights, like miniature lights, helps in
delaying the drying of the tree.
- Always turn off the lights put on the Christmas tree before
leaving the house or going to bed.
- Never even burn any part of the Christmas tree in a wood stove or
fireplace.
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