Use these tips to keep your Real Tree safe, alive with a fresh pine scent,
and providing beauty throughout the holiday season:
If not setting your tree up right away, store the tree in water if
possible and out of the sun and wind.
Make a fresh cut off the bottom of the trunk one half inch from
the bottom just before putting in the stand. Keep the tree’s
stand full of water at all times, checking the water level daily.
The stand you use should hold at least one quart of water for every
inch diameter of the trunk after the tree is in the stand.
Don’t add anything to the tree’s water. Research has
shown that plain tap water is by far the best. Some commercial additives
and home concoctions can actually be detrimental to a tree’s
moisture retention and increase needle loss.
Place the Christmas Tree well away from heat registers, space heaters,
fire places, wood stoves, televisions, computer monitors and other
heat sources. These will speed up evaporation and moisture loss of
the tree.
