Soon our houses will decorate an indispensable attribute of every New Year - a fluffy and fragrant tree. But choosing the right tree is a real art. But you 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 on how to choose the Christmas tree .If you follow the recommendations, then the magic aroma of the needles and the atmosphere of the holiday are guaranteed to everyone.
Contents:
- 5. Pine, spruce or fir
- 4. How to store the tree
- 3. How to choose the tree
- 2. How to take the tree home
- 1. How to keep the tree longer
5. Pine, spruce or fir
Pine looksmore fluffy and sprawling at the expense of long needles. Spruce takes up less space, but fir - the least prickly option.
By the way, fragile glass toys are least 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. In this case, the most expensive tree is blue spruce, and the most persistent is fir, which stands in the cross with water for up to 75 days. Fir often takes root, if it costs several weeks in a bucket with wet sand.
4. How to store the Christmas tree
If the tree is bought in advance, then store it preferably in the cold. Optimum fit is an unglazed balcony or unheated garage.
It is better to put a Christmas tree in the room five days before the holiday, so that at the height of the New Year the tree is already swollen, but has not yet started to dry.
3. How to choose the tree
The quality of the tree can be easily determined by the diameter of the trunk. In a five-foot-tall tree the thickness of the trunk should be at least 5 cm, otherwise the tree will be weak and will not last very long.
Before buying, you need to bend a little tree branch - it should be flexible, not dry and not fragile.
It is worth paying attention to the color of the cut - if the border at the cut already darkened, the tree will not last long.
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 by wrapping it with sacking. If there is no sacking, then the rope will fit, but this option requires more accuracy. Do not wrap the Christmas tree with polyethylene - in such a package, it can quickly deteriorate.
Carry the tree better than the crown down.
1. How to keep the tree longer
Before installation, the trunk must be prepared - clean it from the bark by 10 cm from the bottom and split it a little.
The best tree is standing in the water in a special cross or in a bucket. Suitable and wet sand. As the water evaporates or the sand dries out, the liquid must be added.
Do not put the Christmas tree near the battery - it will dry much faster. Optimum fit cool and not cluttered by the furniture corner.
To keep the tree longer, you can add a teaspoon of fertilizer to house flowers or a teaspoon of sugar and a small pinch of salt in the water.
