To be honest. I totally abhor the cutting down of trees especially the so acclaimed xmas tree. What awaste.
Truly I ask you!.
They are grown for the purpose and are not native UK trees and support little wildlife. Most Christmas trees are grown in poor marginal ground, so are not taking up arable land. As evergreen trees they sequester carbon for most of the year and the majority of trees are recycled then it is quite a clean industry.
We got ours before Christmas for around £30 for a 3' tree at the local GC.
Our last effort lasted for some time until my wife forgot to water it one summer. I came back from a month offshore and it was desiccated!
I planted a blue spruce in the garden some years ago at our previous house and unfortunately it was consumed with blackfly so fingers crossed we can keep this one going.
Advice please. I have just bought a potted tree from Asda. It is potted in a black bucket. Do I need to remove it from the bucket to plant it in a container, or is it best to keep it in the bucket over the winter? It is one for the outdoors.
Advice would be greatlyl appreciated - I would like to keep it for as many years as possible.
If it's going to live outside it would be better in a generous sized terracotta pot using John Innes No 3 loam based compost with some added grit. Compost in a metal bucket would freeze much more easily and as I suspect that the roots may have been damaged when the tree was dug up and potted, I would rather give it some tlc and give it a good pot and decent compost.
Christmas trees that have been potted often have damaged roots. If you want a Christmas tree to live a long and happy life in a pot it is better to buy one that has been 'pot grown' - but they are much more expensive.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Re the Xmas tree plantation controversy, I reckon the practice of growing Xmas trees is a lot more environmentally friendly than, say, bedding plants. They don't need intensive fertilising etc and the grassland around them becomes good habitat for voles and therefore birds of prey.
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I wanted one for the garden, or a rooted one in a pot so wouldn't be chopping it down.
Don't want to sound rude but the title of thread is 'repotting a christmas tree'
They are grown for the purpose and are not native UK trees and support little wildlife. Most Christmas trees are grown in poor marginal ground, so are not taking up arable land. As evergreen trees they sequester carbon for most of the year and the majority of trees are recycled then it is quite a clean industry.
Christmas trees are grown as a crop - not harvesting them would be as daft as not harvesting wheat or sugar beet.
Anyway, a plantation of Christmas trees is not particularly wildlife-friendly.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've just potted on my small blue spruce that we had decorated outside the front door.
Used John Innes No 3 and mixed in some ericaceous compost for good measure, (recommended by my local garden centre.)
I'm hoping we will get many years of joy from this before I have the dilemma of where it has to go into the border permanently!
Wish i'd got one before xmas, but will be off to some gc at the weekend!
Good luck with yours Keyser
We got ours before Christmas for around £30 for a 3' tree at the local GC.
Our last effort lasted for some time until my wife forgot to water it one summer. I came back from a month offshore and it was desiccated!
I planted a blue spruce in the garden some years ago at our previous house and unfortunately it was consumed with blackfly so fingers crossed we can keep this one going.
Good luck with your search sgl
Advice please. I have just bought a potted tree from Asda. It is potted in a black bucket. Do I need to remove it from the bucket to plant it in a container, or is it best to keep it in the bucket over the winter? It is one for the outdoors.
Advice would be greatlyl appreciated - I would like to keep it for as many years as possible.
There's no reason not to pot it on into a more attractive container. Go for one only slightly bigger than the original bucket.
If it's going to live outside it would be better in a generous sized terracotta pot using John Innes No 3 loam based compost with some added grit. Compost in a metal bucket would freeze much more easily and as I suspect that the roots may have been damaged when the tree was dug up and potted, I would rather give it some tlc and give it a good pot and decent compost.
Christmas trees that have been potted often have damaged roots. If you want a Christmas tree to live a long and happy life in a pot it is better to buy one that has been 'pot grown' - but they are much more expensive.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Re the Xmas tree plantation controversy, I reckon the practice of growing Xmas trees is a lot more environmentally friendly than, say, bedding plants. They don't need intensive fertilising etc and the grassland around them becomes good habitat for voles and therefore birds of prey.