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Marks & Spencer Live Christmas Tree - How to Car For
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| I have bought an M & S "Musical Advent Gift Bag" containing a live tree
about 8" tall. The one I bought last year died so I would appreciate any
advice on how to care for the tree. I would eventually like to put the tree
in the garden.
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| judith lea 2006-11-19, 1:25 pm |
| M wrote:
> I have bought an M & S "Musical Advent Gift Bag" containing a live tree
> about 8" tall. The one I bought last year died so I would appreciate any
> advice on how to care for the tree. I would eventually like to put the tree
> in the garden.
Just up the road from my house, the Christmas trees from a very large
estate are felled yearly - they wre felled 2-3 weeks ago and are all
covered in mesh things, hundreds and hundreds of them stacked and
ready for sending to retailers. These will certainly drop their
needles before Christmas.
The ones that have still got their roots attached are also stacked so
the drying process has already begun so if you buy one in 4 weeks time
it will have taken quite a battering. I have managed to plant, in my
last house, two bare rooted trees. As soon as I got them, I put them
into the greenhouse in a bucket of water for several days before I
planted them, in soil, for bringing indoors - they survived but I have
done this to countless other Chriasmas trees and they did not survive.
Good luck
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| Russel Sprout 2006-11-19, 1:25 pm |
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"M" <spamtrap@spambouncer.org> wrote in message
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>I have bought an M & S "Musical Advent Gift Bag" containing a live tree
>about 8" tall. The one I bought last year died so I would appreciate any
>advice on how to care for the tree. I would eventually like to put the
>tree in the garden.
Whatever else you do to it, two weeks indoors will drastically cut it's
chances of survival.
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| shazzbat 2006-11-19, 5:25 pm |
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"Russel Sprout" <s@idontthinkso.net> wrote in message
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> "M" <spamtrap@spambouncer.org> wrote in message
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> Whatever else you do to it, two weeks indoors will drastically cut it's
> chances of survival.
I've heard it said a Christmas tree indoors in a centrally heated house
needs a gallon of water per day to survive. I would put it in a container
which you can give this amount of water without it going all over the floor.
Steve
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| JennyC 2006-11-20, 3:25 am |
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"shazzbat" <shazzbat@spamlessness.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Russel Sprout" <s@idontthinkso.net> wrote in message
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> I've heard it said a Christmas tree indoors in a centrally heated house
> needs a gallon of water per day to survive. I would put it in a container
> which you can give this amount of water without it going all over the
> floor.
> Steve
blub blub bluub !
A gallon for an 8" tree :~))))))
BBC has some good advice ;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plan..._xmastree.shtml
But the chances of success are slim. The variation in temperature between
indoors and out is huge.
jenny
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| Martin 2006-11-20, 9:25 am |
| On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:25:38 +0100, "JennyC" <Jenny.squirrel@chello.nl> =
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>blub blub bluub !
>A gallon for an 8" tree :~))))))
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>BBC has some good advice ;=20
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plan..._xmastree.shtml
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>But the chances of success are slim. The variation in temperature =
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>indoors and out is huge.
Our neighbour seemed to have no problems with his Xmas tree, except it is
already outgrowing his and soon his neighbour's gardens.
"Abies koreana - grows to 12m (40ft) and therefore more suitable for the
smaller garden." LOL!!!!!!
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Martin
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| shazzbat 2006-11-20, 9:25 am |
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"JennyC" <Jenny.squirrel@chello.nl> wrote in message
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> blub blub bluub !
> A gallon for an 8" tree :~))))))
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Inches? Inches? That's not a tree, it's barely even a seedling.
But yes, I missed that. :-}
Steve
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| La Puce 2006-11-20, 9:25 am |
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Martin wrote:
> "Abies koreana - grows to 12m (40ft) and therefore more suitable for the
> smaller garden." LOL!!!!!!
:o)) Should have said 'more suitable of the "ordinary" smaller garden
....'. Honestly...
This year we will have twigs as a xmas tree, the amelanchier of a
friend which overnight died this summer (the tree not the friend).
Still haven't found out why the tree died, but then again my friend has
a jungle and you wouldn't know it's not there anymore. These trees are
so beautiful, I've got one facing my front door, and are quite robust
in general. I thought.
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| On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:39:54 -0000, "shazzbat"
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~"Russel Sprout" <s@idontthinkso.net> wrote in message
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~> "M" <spamtrap@spambouncer.org> wrote in message
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~>>I have bought an M & S "Musical Advent Gift Bag" containing a live tree
~>>about 8" tall. The one I bought last year died so I would appreciate any
~>>advice on how to care for the tree. I would eventually like to put the
~>>tree in the garden.
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~> Whatever else you do to it, two weeks indoors will drastically cut it's
~> chances of survival.
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~I've heard it said a Christmas tree indoors in a centrally heated house
~needs a gallon of water per day to survive. I would put it in a container
~which you can give this amount of water without it going all over the floor.
~
~Steve
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I have a (now) 5' high Christmas tree which has been doing us proud
for years now. It was about half that height when we first got it in
1998 for all of a fiver!
The first year it came indoors and it must have had spruce aphid on -
they took off and half the leaves fell off. We acclimatised it to back
outside (usual hardening-off technique) and then left it to recover,
which it did, though only on new growth.
The following year we brought it into the conservatory, which is
maintained at a much lower temperature than the main house, but still
warmer than outside. Worked very well, no more spruce aphid and we
could still see it from the house while having all the usual
decorations on.
Since then it's been growing gradually (we don't repot very much, to
keep the size down!) though it's almost at the point where we can't
lift it any more, in an 18" pot.
Golden rules: do not bring it inside for longer than you need to -
and don't let it get too hot. And give plenty of water. That works for
us!
jane
Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.
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