Christmas trees... fake vs. real?

[Jstpssng]

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I believe that you probably only smashed the stems on the Mums and Poms, but could be mistaken. Cutting the end off definitely helps, as does the warm water.

 

[ultrarunner]

Nursery told me they don't use cold water as it mimics winter... warm water just the opposite.

 

[MossRoad]

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I believe that you probably only smashed the stems on the Mums and Poms, but could be mistaken. Cutting the end off definitely helps, as does the warm water.

carnations, too. we dyed our own. alstroemerias too as I recall. it was 34 years ago, though. :laughing:

 

[spitter]

Fresh cut trees we buy usually suck up around a gallon of water a day. Just regural tap water not hot or cold.Needles don't fall of for at least 6 weeks.:drink:

 

[Thomas]

We went out and bought a real tree for the first time in a few years today, after going with a plastic one inherited when my mom passed. Didn't like it but felt bad not using it, sentimental I guess...couldn't bring myself to give it away. Liked the convenience but hated storing it.

Anyways, loving the smell of a fresh cut tree this year. Especially since we will be spending more time around it this Christmas. Looking forward to 2020 being hindsight.

Poll... curious how many go real or go fake?

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Hanover,NH. & Lebanon,NH. which is mostly Ivy school and DHMC well known hospital high number of people prefer calling it Holiday Tree not Christmas Tree so no one becomes offended....I'll stop here before I ranting.

 

[PILOON]

Last year when the hydro workers cleared the power lines they'd prop the tree tops in the snow banks for folks to take.
Nice jester on their part.

Now for you fake* tree folks, we need a spray can filled with 'essence of pine' scent!

*(Sorry, should have used 'artificial', sounds nicer)

 

[MossRoad]

Last year when the hydro workers cleared the power lines they'd prop the tree tops in the snow banks for folks to take.
Nice jester on their part.

Now for you fake* tree folks, we need a spray can filled with 'essence of pine' scent!

*(Sorry, should have used 'artificial', sounds nicer)

At my old job I had a spray can of Christmas Tree Scent I found somewhere in the building. For many years, around the holidays, I'd walk over to the big air handlers in the I.T. room and spritz just a quick blast of that stuff into the top and within seconds the entire I.T. department would smell like Christmas. :laughing:

 

[BRMyers]

We have a fake tree. We use it because of the sentimental value that it has. The small tree was what my mother-in-law used every year in her little apartment. Once she passed, my wife and I decided that we would use that tree in remembrance of her. We have talked over the years of buying a bigger, nicer tree, but each year we go back to that little fake tree.

 

[fishheadbob]

Fake tree ? We call them Chinese Firs; nothing like the smell of fresh blowmold plastic. And the Chinese get paid well for their labor I'd bet.

 

[newbury]

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Anyways, loving the smell of a fresh cut tree this year. <snip>

Have not had a tree - real or fake for a decade. But for longer than that I've been cutting a branch off a "Christmas Tree" I bought as a B&B about 1988 and planted. It needs the trimming and I bring in the "smell of a fresh cut tree", for free.