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New Year's festivities without the beauty of a Christmas tree - this is nonsense. Many switched to artificial paraphernalia. But there are real connoisseurs of natural coniferous aroma in the house for the winter holidays. And I want this New Year's joy to “warm the heart” as long as possible.
Should I buy live spruce
Buying a Christmas tree for the holiday from year to year, you have to spend every time on the main “guest”, which in a few days is simply thrown into the street. True, those who have a stove heating in the house, then the tree will be useful in the form of firewood.
Therefore, some believe that money is spent rationally. It is more profitable for them to spend one day on an artificial Christmas tree that will last for several decades. Such a beautiful woman does not lose her freshness for a long time, does not require special care for herself - she just calmly waits on the entresol of the next holiday.Yes, and there is no need to waste time looking for a magnificent beauty, then invent ways to bring her home. In general, there are many problems, and an artificial Christmas tree frees them.
But, on the other hand, synthetic beauty, even with scented needles, is not able to give the holiday that charm that comes from a natural inhabitant of the forest. Natural smells of pine needles and spruce resin in combination with tangerines are the flavors of our New Year's childhood.
You should agree that the artificial heat from the forest beauty doesn’t come from the artificial Christmas tree. Synthetic wood is just an attribute of a holiday, which can become familiar with its diversity for annual celebrations.
A natural tree is every time a new “guest” in your house, which has come to cheer you up. And I want the holiday to last as long as possible.
Extend the life of the Christmas tree
Among those who support the tradition to put on the New Year natural fir, there are those who throw the tree immediately after the holiday. Some hold it until Christmas.But the real connoisseurs of the winter festivities keep the elegant beauty almost to Epiphany, enjoying her charm (until the 8th of March - only in a joke).
And this, the last one, always wants the needles in the tree to remain fresh and fragrant longer. And to extend the life of a felled tree in several ways.
First, it is impossible to install a spruce tree right from the cold - it needs time to adapt. Hold it for several hours in the entrance hall, if you have a private house, or in a closed loggia, if you live in an apartment.
If you are used to putting the Christmas tree on a tripod, it will start to dry very quickly. But in this situation, you can try to lengthen the tree "century". For starters in the lower part of the trunk will have to free 10 centimeters from the bark. Then do one of the procedures:
- lubricate the bare barrel with glycerin;
- Wrap the bottom of the spruce with wet canvas and then moisten it regularly.
It is possible to keep all holidays a Christmas tree in a bucket with water. But then you have to think about the system, how to fix the tree. Perhaps a tripod in size will be commensurate with the area of the bottom of the tank.
The best option to preserve the freshness of spruce is sand (you can take the ground).It should always be kept wet.
Using one of these tips, you can help the New Year's beauty withstand the dry heat of your premises. But in order to make the Christmas tree really comfortable in your home, you should take into account a number of other nuances.
- In no case do not use water from the tap - it must be filtered, or at least stand, and not cold. Therefore, the liquid in which the New Year tree will stand, and with which you will water the sand, must be prepared in advance.
- The absence of roots - this does not mean that the tree does not need food. The Christmas tree will smell more fragrant and stand green longer if you cheer it up with such a “cocktail”: sugar (1 tbsp), salt (1 pinch) and aspirin (1 tablet) dissolved in water.
If you do not want to buy live fir for the holiday because you do not want to “ravage” nature, do not be embarrassed by this moment. In the markets are sold trees that are the result of thinning of coniferous plantings (such sanitation itself).
Buy the same Christmas beauty should be as close as possible to the holiday. A tree lying on your balcony will not be standing in the apartment for a long time, pleasing you with your presence. Here, even the methods of "resuscitation" may be ineffective.And you inevitably have to endure the Christmas tree right after the holidays.
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