Planting a Living Christmas Tree

Planting a Living Christmas Tree

1.Transition your tree from outside to in, place your tree in the garage or under the eves

of your home for a day or two to help your tree going from a cold wet environment to warm dry one. And do the same when transitioning the tree to the outside to protect it from shock. Living Christmas trees are outdoor plants and need to be taken outside every so often to keep them happy and healthy. You should take your living Christmas tree outside once every two weeks. Some people will leave the tree outside until just before Christmas then bring it inside for the holidays.

2.Remember you have a living Christmas tree and it needs to be watered often.
Woodstoves and heaters make for very dry conditions in the home. Check your living Christmas tree daily the soil should be moist but not soaking wet. Placing a tray of ice cubes on the base of the tree daily is an easy way to water without creating a mess on your floor.

3 Your living Christmas tree does not need to be planted right away, but leaving it in the pot requires that you water it more often. Your live Christmas tree can stay in the pot until springtime, but it is better to plant the tree before it comes out of dormancy. Being in a pot means there is less soil to hold water and feed the tree. Do not remove tree or shrub from Ball & Burlap. By leaving the plant in the Ball & Burlap you do not disturb the root system of the growing plant, this helps in preventing shock, and insuring healthy happy plants.

4.Place plant in planting hole. Cut strings away from the base of the plant and pull
burlap back until top portion of ball is showing. Bury remaining burlap in with tree, and amend soil with Garden & Bloom compost.

5.Make sure to water immediately after planting to lessen the chance of shock. And add
water once a week in the winter and daily in the summer.