Ensure your cut Christmas tree remain looking fresh throughout the festive season
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Keeping a cut Christmas tree looking fresh over the festive season is key to having lovely display for several weeks and not having to worry about copious needles on the carpet.
There are three things to remember when prolonging the life of your Christmas tree: water, water and water!
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Ensuring that the base of the tree is permanently in water is the single most important thing you have to do - never, ever let it dry out as this will immediately cause the needles to become brittle and then they will, of course, start to decorate your carpet rather than your tree!
If your tree has been cut for more than 12 hours (this is most likely going to be the case) then cutting just a ΒΌ of an inch off of the base is all you will need to do to ensure that fresh "wood" is able to absorb the water, make it a clean, square cut, not angled or pointed.
Cut Christmas trees are fairly easy to maintain, if you know how!
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A cut tree, if looked after well, should last at least a month indoors and if you follow the above guidelines, yours should too! For more advice on Christmas tree maintenance, visit our conifers hub page - full of advice and articles on how to grow and care for conifers.
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