Christmas
How to Care Your Fresh Cut Christmas Tree in Singapore?
Nothing could seem merrier than the fragrant scent of a Christmas tree in the holiday season. It is amazing to have a real Christmas tree on this merrier occasion. Go for fresh and fine Christmas trees, which come in many varieties like Noble fir, Nordmann, and Blue Spruce trees.
However, you have to take good care of your tree. So, it is important to ensure that your Christmas tree lasts throughout the Christmas season by following some tips. Before you read these trees, you should know how to choose a quality Christmas tree. So, here are the varieties available out there:
At Singapore wholesale nurseries, you can see a wide range of premium grade Christmas trees to select from, including:
Noble Fir: These Christmas trees are very popular in Singapore. Most people opt for this variety. Nobilis are famous for their incredible needle retention, strong fragrance, and strong branches.
Nordmann Fir: These Christmas trees feature deep green soft needles. They are known for their shape and light fragrance. These trees are called the classic tree for Christmas.
Blue Spruce Fir: These Christmas trees feature a bluish-green color and a double needle appearance. They have a mild fragrance and nice needle retention.
What else you need
After buying the tree, you should ask someone to create a clean cut to the tree’s base and trim away the stray branches. If you do not have a fresh cut tree stand, then you should buy one. There are lots of varieties you will get for a tree stand too. Also, you can buy a tree removal bag, which can protect the floor and make clean up simpler at the season’s end. Needless to say, you can decorate your Christmas tree for the holiday season with amazing things, such as stars and angles, extension cords, light sets, ornament hooks, garlands, and other Christmas ornaments.
Once you get back home
Keep the Christmas tree in an unheated, sheltered place like a garage or porch for protecting it from the sun and wind until you are all set to bring the tree indoors. Keep the tree’s trunk immersed in water so that sap does not form across the cut stump and block its ability to get water. Otherwise, you will require to create a new cut before you bring your Christmas tree indoors.
Set up your Christmas tree
Make some space in your room where you want to display the Christmas tree. Keep the tree removal bag on the floor for protecting carpets and floors from potential moisture. After that, place the tree stand on this bag and bring your Christmas tree indoors. Place the tree in the tree stand. Tighten its bolts and water the plant.
Water your Christmas tree
For keeping the Christmas tree fresh, it is quite significant to keep its stand filled always with water. Dried sap will emerge over the tree’s cut stump in around 4-6 hours if the water level drops below the tree’s base. If a dried sap seal forms, you need to make a fresh cut or your tree will drop its needles and start to wilt.
A Christmas tree can absorb more than a gallon of water in the first 24 hours and then, one or two quarts every day after that. Watering is essential as it prevents the tree needles from getting dry or drop off and the tree boughs to droop. Plus, water keeps the fragrance of the tree intact.
One can also add a tree preservative to the water for keeping its sap running. Also, the tree looks fresh for longer this way. As you know, nothing compares to the fragrant scent of a Christmas tree during the holiday season in your place.
Tips for Taking Proper Care of a Christmas Tree
Now, go through the following tips for keeping your Christmas tree fresh. If you could not set your Christmas tree when you arrive home, then store the tree in a sheltered place, away from the sun and wind. With the right care, your tree will bring pleasure and warmth during the holiday season this Christmas.
- Go for a fresh cut
Before you take a Christmas tree home, it is important to re-cut its trunk from the bottom at least an inch before you put the tree in the tree stand. This allows the stem of the tree to re-open so that it can have water.
- Select a place away from the heat sources
Now, the place that you choose to place your tree is quite important. You need to choose a place that is away from the heat sources, such as space heaters, registers, wood stove, computer monitors, televisions, fireplaces, etc. These sources speed up moisture loss and evaporation of the Christmas tree.
- Water your tree immediately
Once you have made the fresh tree cut, place your tree in a large tree stand filled with warm water. The tree stand, that you are using, should hold a gallon or more of fresh water.
- Do not put anything into the fresh water
To keep your tree fresh, water is enough. Studies have shown that fresh tap water is great to grow a Christmas tree. Some home concoctions and commercial additives can decrease the moisture retention of a tree and also, enhance needle loss.
- Check the water level regularly
Do not let the water level drop below the stem or the fresh cut. This will result in resealing and then, your tree would not be able to drink water. A Christmas tree is always thirsty. It is quite common for a Christmas tree to consume a gallon or two of water the first day it’s in the tree stand.
So, this is how you can take care of your Christmas tree. Now, a Christmas tree is all you need for making the holidays bright and merry for you and your entire family this Christmas season. Buy a Christmas tree and take good care of it by following these care tips!
