Live Christmas Trees

[Rich1988]

It was just that the label (which I probably should have properly read before I bought it ) on the B&Q one I bought last night states that it isn't suitable to plant out and a few sites I was reading said that most of them just die anyway. I was under the impression that that was the reason why people bought the live ones in the first place.

But from what I've now read it seems that there are those trees which have been actually grown in a pot and then there's those trees which have just been dug up, roots trimmed, and then stuck in a pot. I think B&Q must be selling the latter.

Over the years, did you get yours just from garden centres and the like, are they specifically sold as a 'live' tree that you can plant out or re-use the next year?

didnt buy them as 'live trees' just boggo standard christmas trees we bought

 

[Nexus]

Yeah go with the Homebase ones.
The one I got last year was Nordman Fir, a slight bit bigger.

The thing with cut trees that are 'no drop needles' is that we all know that they still drop. I think it's actually down to the type of the tree as well, some of the trees which have the smaller needles are more likely to drop them, however the ones with the thicker needles which aren't quite so sharp tend to retain them, even after they die.

 

[Eddie]

didnt buy them as 'live trees' just boggo standard christmas trees we bought

Ah well it would seem that you've been quite lucky to get a few to live on.

Yeah go with the Homebase ones.
The one I got last year was Nordman Fir, a slight bit bigger.

The thing with cut trees that are 'no drop needles' is that we all know that they still drop. I think it's actually down to the type of the tree as well, some of the trees which have the smaller needles are more likely to drop them, however the ones with the thicker needles which aren't quite so sharp tend to retain them, even after they die.

We just got back from Homebase after picking a nice 'live' tree. It clearly states on the label (which I checked twice ) that it is intended to be either planted out or kept in the pot/repotted after xmas depending on whether you want to use it again next year.

Got there in the end

 

[Rich1988]

got three, the oldest of which is nearly 20, (each of us boys planted one out when we were about 10 ish)

 

[Eddie]

got three, the oldest of which is nearly 20, (each of us boys planted one out when we were about 10 ish)

Thats exactly what I like the idea of, maybe using it each year until it gets too big to move and then to plant it in the garden. I like the idea of watching it grow over the years, never mind any environmental issues associated with xmas trees, it just seems to sit with me better than either buying a sawn-off one or a plastic one.

I might post a piccie of the little fella later on