Soon our homes will be decorated with an indispensable attribute of each New Year - a fluffy and fragrant tree. But choosing the right Christmas tree is a real art. But I really want the New Year tree to please the eye for several weeks in a row.
Therefore, today we offer to your court Top 5 Tips for Choosing a Christmas Tree. If you follow the recommendations, then the magical aroma of needles and the atmosphere of the holiday are guaranteed to everyone.
5. Pine, spruce or fir
The pine tree looks more fluffy and spreading due to the long needles. Spruce takes up less space, but fir is the least prickly option.
By the way, fragile glass toys are less likely to fall from a pine tree - after all, its branches grow up.
In fact, the choice between the three options is a matter of personal taste. At the same time, the most expensive tree is blue spruce, and the most persistent is fir, which costs up to 75 days in a cross with water. It is the fir most often rooted if it costs several weeks in a bucket of wet sand.
4. How to store a Christmas tree
If the tree is bought in advance, then it is desirable to store it in the cold. An unglazed balcony or an unheated garage is ideal.
It is better to bring the Christmas tree into the room five days before the holiday, so that in the midst of the New Year the tree will already be fluffy, but not yet beginning to dry.
3. How to choose a Christmas tree
The quality of the tree is easy to determine by the diameter of the trunk. A tree and a half meter thick trunk should be at least 5 cm, otherwise the tree will be weak and will not last very long.
Before buying, you need to slightly bend the branch of the tree - it must be flexible, not dry and not fragile.
It is worth paying attention to the color of the cut - if the border at the cut has already darkened, the tree will not stand for a long time.
2. How to take a Christmas tree home
In order not to lose precious needles on the road, it is best to transport the tree, wrapping it with burlap. If there is no burlap, then the rope will do, but this option requires more accuracy. Do not wrap the Christmas tree with polyethylene - in such a package it can quickly deteriorate.
It is better to carry the tree down with its crown down.
1. How to keep the Christmas tree longer
Before installation, the trunk must be prepared - clean it from the bark 10 cm from the bottom and split a little.
Best of all, a tree stands in water in a special cross or in a bucket. Wet sand will do. As the water evaporates or the sand dries, the liquid must be added.
The tree cannot be placed near the battery - it will dry much faster. A cool corner that is not cluttered with furniture is ideal.
To keep the tree fresh longer, you can add a teaspoon of fertilizer for indoor flowers or a teaspoon of sugar and a small pinch of salt to the water.
