Many people associate New Year with the smell of tangerines, fresh baked goods and, of course, a Christmas tree. Recently, more and more varieties have appeared. They are imported to us from the Celestial Empire in an endless stream. Previously, the fragrant forest beauty stood in almost every home, giving a festive mood and bringing an element of a fairy tale into everyday life. Adherents of old traditions even today cannot imagine the New Year without a real coniferous tree. But with its choice and storage method, questions often arise that can be answered in this article. Today we will talk about how to store a New Year tree so that it does not crumble until the Old New Year and does not lose its aroma.

How to choose the right Christmas tree

The most persistent New Year's tree is considered to be pine, and the brightest coniferous smell is that of fir. But if we talk about beauty, spruce will remain unsurpassed. Of course, with a thick, properly processed crown.

The fresher the tree is (cut down shortly before purchase), the longer it will not crumble and will retain its aroma.

• A freshly cut Christmas tree can be recognized by its trunk. There should be needles right on it, and there should not be a wide dark-colored border on the cut.
• The branches of a fresh tree should have elasticity, and the needles should be bright green. If the branch easily returns to its original position after bending (does not break or drop needles), this is evidence that the tree was cut down quite recently.
• Another indicator of the freshness of a Christmas tree is the fragrant resinous substance found in the needles. If you rub them with your fingers, you will immediately smell strongly of pine, and traces of resin will remain on your hands - this means that the tree is fresh.
• If the needles actively fall off when the spruce trunk hits the ground, there is no need to buy such a tree. It's unlikely to last long.
• To maximize the freshness of the New Year tree, when transporting and storing the tree, make sure that its upper part and tips of the branches are not damaged.

Rules for storing Christmas trees

To prevent the Christmas tree from experiencing temperature fluctuations and falling off after a couple of days, it must undergo acclimatization. To do this, the tree is left in the coolest place in the apartment for one or two days. This could be a glazed balcony or veranda that is not heated.

• Before installation, the spruce tree must be cut down and the tree placed in a container with settled water. The forest beauty should remain in the water for about 2 days. In this case, the evaporated water should be replaced with fresh water.
• The lowest branches are cut in such a way as to clear the trunk by 15 - 20 cm. Subsequently, they can be used to make Christmas wreaths. Or use for home decor.
• You need to install the Christmas tree in a container with wet sand or water. If this is not possible, you can wrap the cut area, with the part of the trunk cleared of branches, in an hygroscopic cloth, which will need to be constantly moistened.
• The tree should not be placed near radiators or other heat sources. In addition, a few hours before turning on the garland, the plant is moistened with a sprayer. You also need to increase the humidity of the room where the New Year's tree is located, using the same spray bottle. Avoid spraying water on furniture and walls.

Old garlands equipped with electric bulbs emit heat, which causes the tree to dry out prematurely. Therefore, it is better to purchase a Christmas tree decoration consisting of LEDs. They are much more economical and emit virtually no heat.

Where to put the Christmas tree

When all the issues with the stand have been resolved, a new problem arises: where to install the Christmas tree.

1. In many families, the place to install the forest beauty remains the same from year to year. But it is advisable to look with fresh eyes to see if it is in the right place.
2. If a Christmas tree is constantly placed right next to a hot radiator, then you shouldn’t be surprised why it crumbled so quickly. It must be installed as far as possible from all heat sources.
3. Also, next to the New Year's tree, which, among other things, is decorated with flammable streamers, tinsel and plastic toys, there should be no open fire (fireplaces, stoves, heaters with a glowing coil). This will protect the tree from drying out quickly, and at the same time from catching fire.
4. Pets love to play with Christmas tree decorations and often end up with the tree upside down. Therefore, it must be installed in a place where they cannot reach it. And if this is not possible, at least record it well.

How to keep a Christmas tree in the sand

• The tree is placed in a container with sand, and then water is poured into the sand. Usually add 1 liter of water per bucket of sand.
• The trunk must be immersed in sand at least 20 cm.
• To make the storage of the New Year tree last longer, and the needles to remain green and elastic, add glycerin to the water with which the sand is moistened (2 tablespoons per 10 liters of water).
• You need to moisten the sand with water and glycerin every 2 days.

Storing a Christmas tree in water

As an alternative, you can store the Christmas tree in a container of water. Or wrap the lower part of the trunk with a cloth that absorbs and retains moisture well, and then regularly water it with a nutrient solution.

The coniferous tree is placed in a container filled with water (bucket, tank) with the addition of 1 tsp. citric acid, 1 tbsp. l. gelatin and 30 - 40g. crushed chalk.

You can make a nutritional mixture of 1 aspirin tablet, 1 gr. salt and 1 tbsp. l. Sahara. Such an environment will stop the development of pathogenic flora and provide nutrition to the tree.

There is a way to store a Christmas tree in a concentrated solution of potassium permanganate (it should have a dark red color). There is also a special additive for fertilizing coniferous trees, which can be purchased in online stores that sell everything for landscaping.

Some people, in order to increase the shelf life of the Christmas tree, add a piece of refined sugar and copper wire to water with aspirin.

The evaporated part of the nutrient solution must be constantly replenished and care should be taken to ensure that the lower part of the trunk is at least 20 cm deep in it.

The nutrient mixture can be used to moisten the cloth in which the lower part of the trunk is wrapped, or sand.

How long will a live Christmas tree stay in the apartment?

A coniferous tree at room temperature will dry out within 2 weeks, if you do not increase the shelf life of a living Christmas tree using the methods described above.

Of course, the cut tree will still dry out, but proper care and constant hydration will extend the “life” of the forest beauty for a whole month.

To maintain the freshness of the pine, it will need to be created in the same conditions as the Christmas tree. It is perfectly stored in damp sand with the addition of various nutrients and antiseptics, and also spreads the pine aroma throughout the room.

Note! The pine trunk will become thinner over time as a result of drying out, and the tree, if placed in a regular stand, may fall. Therefore, the pine needs to be secured very well so as not to collect needles throughout the room.

Conclusion

In order for a coniferous tree to retain its freshness until Epiphany and even longer, it does not need to be placed on a cross, as was done in the last century - it is enough to create the necessary conditions. Read how to store a New Year tree, and the forest beauty will extend the festive mood for a whole month.

Lovers of the living, not the artificial, ask this question. Only a real Christmas tree will create the aroma of the New Year holiday.

First of all, peel 10 cm from the bottom of the trunk. Now prepare a bucket of water with dissolved aspirin, a pinch of salt and a spoon of sugar. Aspirin prevents putrefactive bacteria from developing, and sugar and salt will provide the spruce with nutrition.

Then the solution is mixed with purified sand and the tree is placed so that the grenade launcher is rotated 20 cm. 1000 ml of water must be poured into a container with sand. You can even add gelatin.

When the sand dries, moisten it with liquid so that it is not dry, because the Christmas tree drinks enough. You can add several crystals of potassium permanganate to river sand. This microfertilizer will preserve the tree for a very long time.

There is a chance that the tree will grow and take root. Liquid must be added to keep the container full. It should turn out dark red.

It is not recommended to place the Christmas tree near heating devices. To preserve the freshness of coniferous branches, the spruce is sprayed with fresh water.

Choose the right tree! When choosing a Christmas tree, look at its trunk. It should have needles and not thin ones. Make sure the branches grow abundantly.

The fact that the Christmas tree is in good condition is indicated by its elasticity, degree of pricklyness and the emerald shade of the needles.

Pay attention to whether the branches bend. If, when purchasing, you notice that they bend and crack, this means that the spruce is dry and the needles will quickly fall off. After all, it also happens that fresh wood is delivered dry.

The youth of a tree is determined by its special forest smell. You can rub the needles in your palms, after which you will understand and feel the true aroma of pine needles.

It is important that branch limbs and tops are preserved. Be careful when transporting the tree, pressing against the trunk and securing the branches with twine.

Do not keep the tree in a warm room for a long time before decorating. If you bought it in advance, store it wrapped and in a cool place. If there is no such place, then carefully tie the tree on the street side behind the window.

To decorate it, remove the lower branches so that the trunk is exposed by 20 cm. Now place the tree in water separated from bleach for two hours.

Dissolve 40g sweetened syrup, 10g fertilizer and 10g bleach in 1000 grams of liquid. Pour in two spoons of triple cologne (or Nithilon) and a spoonful of glycerin. After 7 days, replace the solution with another one.

If the spruce was on the balcony, after bringing it into the room, do not immediately open it, but warm it so that it gains the warmth of the room. If you don’t do this, the spruce may fall off. The bottom cut must be made even.

The polyethylene Christmas tree must be vacuumed before installation. It is forbidden to wash it, otherwise the base of the branches and the grenade launcher will rust.

Buy a stand, lower the peeled trunk into it so that it is in the water. Add 4 tablespoons of glycerin there, and make sure that the liquid is above the cut peel.

After placing the Christmas tree in the stand, cover the liquid with corrugated paper or any similar material.

Periodically spray the spruce with a spray bottle, which will keep the tree fresh for a long time.. Add citric acid and gelatin (5 g each) and 15 g of crushed chalk to 3 liters of liquid.

In addition, you can dissolve 10 g of urea (garden fertilizer) in the liquid. A day later, make an incision in the grenade launcher, where you then insert worsted fabric.

When buying spruce trees, do not look at those wrapped in green mesh. Sellers hide damaged copies in this way. When it is not possible to remove it, pay attention to another spruce. There should not be a single yellow tint on the Christmas tree.

If it is present, it means the spruce was cut down a long time ago or it grew on poor sandy soil and will not be able to stand for a long time. The cut should be fresh and smell like resin. Store the tree in a room where the temperature is no more than 18 C.

The room must be ventilated and moistened. The longest-living tree is pine, the most fragrant is fir, but the most beautiful is spruce (if the crown is properly processed).

Also tap the trunk on the ground, and if the needles fall off, then don’t pick it up. When everything is fine, then carefully look at the trunk so that there is no mold or fungus on it.

After purchase, you need to saw off or plan the butt so that the pores of the wood open. Then take it to a cold place and put it in water for two days. She can drink up to 3 liters of liquid per day.

Therefore, watch it and add liquid. Add sugar and copper wires from the wires to the stand with water.
Gradually preparing it for warm temperatures will help preserve the Christmas tree. The tree can also remain in ordinary liquid.

Some wrap the trunk in multiple layers of gauze. It also needs to be wetted.

This option is also very effective: take 20 g of ammonium nitrate, 10 g of superphosphate and 5 g of potassium nitrate per bucket of liquid. Add a spoonful of solution to the liquid daily.

You can only add aspirin to the water. To do this, add two crushed aspirin tablets per liter. To destroy microflora, you can throw copper coins. First, the tree will drink a liter of liquid.

The simplest option is to moisten a cloth with liquid and wrap it around the barrel, then wet it when it dries.

When a Christmas tree suddenly grows in your garden, do not cut it, but rather wait until it grows. Then, taking it into the house a couple of days before the New Year, transplant it into a spacious bucket and moisten the roots with liquid.

Wrap in synthetic film and sprinkle with moss or peat mixture. First, place it in a bright and not warm room, and the day before the New Year in a warm one. This way you will avoid sudden temperature changes.

Every day you will need 4 liters of liquid to water the moss. After the holidays are over, make sure that the Christmas tree is preserved until the next holiday. Take the bucket with the tree out into the yard and place it where there is no wind.

When warm weather arrives, immediately transplant the Christmas tree into the ground. When the weather is cold, it is better to wait for the coming of spring and bury the tree with a tub in the garden. For shelter you can use peat, film or snow.

Exotic plants from the Araucaria family have become popular. They grow for a very long time, have various shapes and look like a Christmas tree.

They also have elastic branches and hard leaves, like needles. The tree will grow like your baby and will remain green forever.

Can you imagine the New Year without a Christmas tree? Of course not! But if at the same time you do not want to be “pleased” by an artificial tree, and decide to buy a real forest beauty, and one that would last until the Old New Year, that is, about two weeks, you need to make sure that the tree waits until the last New Year holiday.

First you need to be able to choose the right New Year's tree.

Please note that Christmas tree must fit in the room where it will stand.

Check that the tree is fresh, not dry, and that its branches are elastic (bend easily without breaking). And in order to deliver the forest beauty to the scrapyard safe and sound, wrap it in burlap and tie it with twine.

If you live in your own home and there is a small Christmas tree growing in your garden, you can take it into your home for the New Year. To do this, a few days before the holiday, the tree is transplanted into a spacious container, the roots are generously moistened with water, wrapped in synthetic film and sprinkled with moss or peat. But you should not immediately move the Christmas tree to a warm room - it may die. First, place it in a bright, cool room, and some time later (the day before the holiday) bring it into a heated room. This way you will be able to avoid sudden temperature changes.

Do not place the tree close to heating devices, ventilate the room more often and water it abundantly. Since moss absorbs moisture very quickly, you should spend about four liters of water on watering every day. When the holidays are over, make sure to save the tree until next New Year. Take the tub of spruce outside and place it in a place protected from the wind. In warm weather, you can immediately transplant the tree into the ground. When it’s cold, it’s better to wait until spring and bury the spruce together with the tub in the garden, covering it with peat, film or snow.

How to handle an already cut Christmas tree? Here are some tips on how to preserve a felled forest beauty longer.

Place the tree in a bucket of damp sand or soil, having first cleared the bottom of the tree of bark. The humidity of the sand must be maintained constantly.

You can put the Christmas tree in a bucket of water, adding a little glycerin.

If you have to place the Christmas tree on a stand, then you need to put it in water with glycerin for at least a day, then make a cut in the trunk and put a woolen rag there. It will need to be moistened with water daily. Instead of glycerin, you can add half a teaspoon of urea to a bucket of water.

For 3 liters of water, take 5 g of citric acid, 6 g of gelatin and 16 g of crushed chalk. The cut of the trunk must be refreshed, and the water in the bucket must be added as its level decreases.

Take two stainless steel plate electrodes. The plus one is placed in a tarpaulin bag - a piece of fire hose is suitable for this. Slightly alkaline water is formed inside the bag, and outside it the alkalinity reaches 10 units. This water is used to water the Christmas tree. You can prepare such anode water in 1-3 minutes. The cut of the tree is freshened before installation, and the part of the trunk immersed in water is cleared of bark. On such a tree, after a couple of weeks, buds appear and young shoots grow. It will last until May if you monitor the water level in the vessel.

Add a pinch of salt, a spoonful of sugar and an aspirin tablet to the bucket of water in which the Christmas tree will stand. The cut on the trunk needs to be updated. Keep an eye on the water level, and the tree will last a month.

For 1 liter of water put 25-40 g of sweet syrup and 1 teaspoon each of flower fertilizer and bleach for cotton fabrics.

Ways to extend the life of a Christmas tree.

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There are several options. They will help prolong the life of the green beauty.

• Sand. It is necessary to fill the tub with wet sand and immerse the barrel. In this case, the sand needs to be watered daily.
• Water. In this case, the cross is filled with water and the tree trunk is immersed. Water also needs to be added. To prevent it from rotting, place a piece of copper wire at the bottom. It will prevent water from rotting.
• Damp cloth. You can simply wrap the lower part of the barrel with damp rags. Moisten the fabric daily and do not allow it to dry out.

What should you do, what should you keep a live Christmas tree in, so that the Christmas tree at home lasts and smells longer?

There are ways to extend the life of a Christmas tree. To do this, you can use not ordinary water, but a special solution. Additives prevent water from rotting and improve the nutrition of the forest beauty.

Additives for the Christmas tree:

• Aspirin. You need to crush the tablet and throw it into 500 ml of water. This solution is poured into the cross. The absorbed liquid is topped up daily.
• Sugar and salt. It is necessary to dissolve 50 g of sugar and 20 g of salt in a liter of water. You need to water the sand with this solution.
• Special fertilizers. They can be purchased at a flower shop. They are called “For coniferous plants”.
• Often water for the Christmas tree is fed with ammonium nitrate.
• Gelatin. It is necessary to dissolve half a bag of gelatin, a teaspoon of citric acid and 10 g of crushed chalk in 3000 ml of water.
• Potassium permanganate. Nowadays this reagent is quite difficult to obtain. But if you have potassium permanganate lying around somewhere, feel free to use it to prepare a nutrient solution. Add a few crystals of potassium permanganate into the water and immerse the barrel.
• Acetic acid. It is necessary to cut off the edge of the trunk, updating the cut. Immerse the barrel in boiling vinegar. As a result, you will get rid of bacteria and increase the period of freshness of the tree.

What solution can you use to put a live Christmas tree at home for the New Year: solution recipe

Unfortunately, not everything depends on you. There are many factors that affect the safety of the Christmas tree. This includes the time of felling, as well as storage and transportation conditions. The fact is that forest beauties are cut back in October. That is, the tree has been waiting in the wings for more than a month. This affects its appearance and freshness. With proper care and provided you purchase fresh wood, there is a chance that it will last at home for about a month.

How long does it cost and how long can a live Christmas tree be stored at home?

There are several rules that will allow you to save your Christmas tree.

Adviсe:

• After purchasing, do not rush to bring the tree into your apartment or warm room. We recommend keeping the forest beauty on the balcony for a couple of days.
• This is due to the fact that the temperature increase should be smooth. After this, you can bring the Christmas tree into the apartment.
• Do not keep it near heating appliances. This will speed up the drying process of the needles.
• After purchasing, it is advisable to cut off the bark at a distance of 10 cm from the cut site. This will provide better nutrition to the tree.
• It is advisable to cut off the lower branches. They can be used to weave a Christmas wreath.
• It is advisable to wrap the barrel in paper. This will prevent the trunk from freezing.

Initially, the tree was a symbol of Christmas. But in Soviet times everything changed. In Russia, the Soviet government at first, in the 20-30s, completely banned the Christmas tree as a “priestly-bourgeois” relic, and then still allowed it, but as a “New Year tree” with Santa Claus instead of Christ. Most residents of Russia still perceive decorating the Christmas tree this way, in the Soviet way and without any Christmas meaning.

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Well, what would New Year be without a Christmas tree? This wonderful and magical holiday cannot be imagined without the main attribute - the thorny tree. And it doesn’t matter whether it’s spruce or pine. Everyone is looking forward to the New Year holidays and wants them to last as long as possible. And I want the “forest smell” of winter to beckon for more than one week. And it will be a real shame if the New Year’s beauty turns yellow in a few days and the needles begin to fall off.

Buy a week before the holiday

Remnants of past years have ingrained the fact that there may not be enough Christmas trees for everyone. And that’s why we start chasing New Year’s beauties a month before the holiday. Nowadays a beautiful pine or spruce of any size (tall, small) can be found in any market, and not only.

On New Year's Eve there is every chance to buy a fresh Christmas tree. Check the date on the chip located on one of the tree branches. It is this item that indicates the date the tree was cut down.

But if you take the process of decorating the Christmas tree very seriously, then buy it a few days in advance, pick up your favorite New Year's toys and decorations. And already plunge into the atmosphere of New Year's magic in advance.

The tree needs cold

After purchasing a Christmas tree, do not rush to install it immediately (if it was purchased not an hour before the New Year). The thorny tree needs cold. Find the coolest place in the house (perhaps it will be a garage or balcony) and place the spruce there for a while.

It is best to immerse the tree (if size allows) for several days in a container of cold water with the addition of glycerin (3-4 tablespoons).

Appropriate place

Choose a place convenient for you where you want to see the tree, with the exception of drafts and radiators. These will not be the best places to install a Christmas tree.

Follow safety rules, especially if you have small children. In this case, the tree should be located at a high level from the floor so that children cannot reach it. Typically, the Christmas tree has glass decorations and garlands that sparkle, and this can be dangerous if the tree falls.

Installation

One of the most popular ways to install a Christmas tree is using a cross. There are many varieties of it. You can buy a Christmas tree with a ready-made cross (it will be attached to the tree trunk). But a “completed” tree may not always catch the buyer’s eye. Such simple devices are sold separately. As a rule, these are hardware stores, supermarkets, or construction-type stores.

We will also share advice on how to make a Christmas tree cross yourself:

You will need: a pair of bars that are fastened perpendicular to each other. Next, a large self-tapping screw is installed at the intersection of the bars and screwed into the tree trunk.

Many people remember and still use the old, proven method for installing a New Year's tree - pour sand into a bucket. But it’s not always possible to find sand so quickly in the middle of winter. There is a good alternative to this method - a bucket of water. You can add nutrient mixtures to the water, which are used to extend the life of cut flowers. Such additives will also be useful for spruce. For example, "Plym". The product is added to the water (according to the dosage specified in the instructions for use). It extends the life of flowers by 75%, and is ideal for wood. You can buy it at a flower shop.

There are also water additives that are easy to make yourself:

1. Activated carbon or aspirin (one tablet per liter of water);
2. A pinch of citric acid crystals (lemon juice is ideal);
3. Boric acid (1 tsp per 1 liter of water);
4. Salt (1 tsp per 1 liter of water), alcohol, acetic acid, glycerin and glucose solution (1 tbsp per 1 liter of water, all methods are different).

Watering

A New Year's tree, like any other, needs water. In one day it can consume up to two liters of water. In this case, if you want to admire your fluffy and green Christmas tree for a long time, do not forget to water it regularly.