Many people prefer to establish for New Year in the house a live, but not artificial fir-tree. It gives unforgettable aroma of needles, pleases members of household and guests. But the forest beauty quite often begins to be showered in only several days after installation and if you want that it gave festive feelings, as long as possible, it is necessary to know how to prolong life to a fir-tree in house conditions and what for this purpose can be made.
How to prolong a fir-tree life after a felling?
For a start let's understand that should be made at acquisition of this tree. First, in order that the fir-tree long pleased, it is necessary to choose it correctly. At survey of a tree pay attention to color of its needles. Needles have to be dark green, not turned yellow. Having chosen such fir-tree, squeeze its branch in a palm a little and slightly pull it, the needles at the same time should not be showered if it occurs, it is better to buy other tree.
Secondly, it is necessary to transport a fir-tree correctly. At its transportation or carrying it is necessary to attach branches to a trunk by means of a rope. This simple action will prevent an oblamyvaniye of needles and damage of a tree.
And, at last, you should not bring a fir-tree to the warm room at once. If there is an opportunity, at least a couple of hours take it in the cool room, for example, in the storeroom or the glazed loggia. It will help too, both to prolong life to the cut-off fir-tree, and to keep its beauty before the termination of holidays. Such gradual accustoming to change of the temperature environment promotes that the needles will be showered much less.
How to prolong fir-tree life in the house?
Now we start installation of a tree. There are several rules which implementation promotes maintaining beauty of a tree.
- In advance buy the modern crosspiece, they injure a tree trunk unlike old similar devices less. And their appearance, as a rule, is more attractive.
- Before installation of a tree chop off the lower branches and make 20 cm a cut on a trunk. For a cut of branches use only sharply ground knife or the axe.
- In capacity for liquid it is better to pour mix from water, 2 tablespoons of a nitkhinol and 1 tablespoon of glycerin.
- After installation of a tree change solution for similar mix each 3-5 days.
Carrying out these simple rules it is possible both to prolong life to a New Year tree, and to save itself from constant cleaning of carpets or a floor from the fallen-down needles.
How to prolong life to a fir-tree - various solutions and nutritious mixes
One of recipes of similar mix is already given above. But if the person did not find a nitkhinol in drugstore, then he can use also other recipes of nutritious solutions which will help to keep beauty of a New Year's tree.
- First, it is possible to add to water 2 tsps of ammonium nitrate, ½ tsps of potash saltpeter and 1 tsp of superphosphate. If you decided to use this recipe, then it is necessary to remember that 1 tablespoon of such mix should be added to the container with liquid for a fir-tree every day.
- Secondly, it is possible to use not water, but damp sand. It is filled in the capacity where the tree trunk will be established and daily checked whether it dried up. If it occurred, then sand should be impregnated with water again.
- Thirdly, it is possible to prepare mix from 1 l of flowing water, a tablet of aspirin and 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar.
All listed mixes will help to keep beauty of a fir-tree, they are nutritious, so, the needles will not be showered so quickly. It is possible to use any of ways, to define precisely what mix most well will affect a condition of a tree it is impossible. Some people like solution with sugar, someone prefers to use sand.