Real Xmas tree will it die

[Winternights22]

Hi I bought a real Xmas tree . Not a rooted one. I didn't realise its still 4 weeks to Xmas. So is likely to die before Xmas Is over . Would it make Any sense to leave it in my garden for a week or 2?

Keep it cold and well watered. Like cut flowers. The garden might well eek it out a bit longer

Yes it will probably be way past its best by 25 December.

Cut an inch or so off the bottom and stick it in a bucket of water in the garden.

We always have real trees and don’t buy until about a week before Christmas, but I bet they’ve been cut for weeks by then.

How did you not realise on 25th November that Christmas Day is over 4 weeks away?!

Put it in a cooler spot, away from any radiators and keep the stand topped up with water.

I remember my mum used to leave it outside for a few days to 'harden off.' But it's not going to last until Xmas.
How could you not realise how far away Christmas is? It's still November!

Keep it cool, cut a slice of the bottom and put it in water immediately and it'll be fine.

We have a stand with a little doodad that pops up when it needs to be topped up with water and we have a live tree from about 1/12 to after New year's and they are always fine. It's in the entryway and not a room heated to 20°+ which probably why it lasts so long!

I previously used to work somewhere where we sold trees, they all got delivered in the last week of November so it wouldn’t matter if you bought your tree on delivery day or Christmas Eve, they are all cut at the same time. Best thing is just to leave it outside in the cold, somewhere dry, leave it wrapped if it is in the netting. When you want to put it inside, saw 3 inches off the bottom, pop it in your stand with some water and don’t position it next to a radiator. Keep topping up the water every few days.

Morning!
Yes, I think they prefer the cold and our central heating dries them out. Pop it in a stand outside with water and I believe they can still suck up a little for a while. Which will help. Happy Christmas!

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How did you not realise it was a month to Xmas, when did you think Xmas was?

This is what we do. Having nearly missed out in a tree one year because we left it 'til a week before, we buy one around the 10th and keep it outside for a week or so, in a bucket of water.

If you already have it up and decorated, then make sure it is in a container that holds a lot of water and keep that topped up.

In my experience 2 weeks is about as long as they look good by 3 weeks they are a bit gray and droopy

Our local garden centre cuts all its trees at the end of November, which is far too early, and even sawing the bottom off the trunk and keeping it in the cold garden in water doesn’t work - they have lost all their pine smell long before Christmas and are looking tired and yellowish by the big day.
I now get my Fraser fir delivered by a company that cuts them fresh to order, the day before dispatch. It arrives about ten days pre Christmas, smelling of that gorgeous citrussy, piney Fraser scent, which no other conifer can match. And it looks dark green and glossy right through to Epiphany.

Why did I not realise its another 4 weeks till Xmas? Because I'm a prat . I have finished all my Xmas shopping so I was thinking right all I need to do Is finish up and get the tree and decorations. So that was in my head and I done it 🤦‍♀️

Thank you everyone. The kids have taken all the netting off. But I can put it in corner of garden so it's in the cold /wet for a week or 2

It depends on the type. A non drop one should be fine if you treat it well. A normal one won’t be.

Kids took the netting off and have no where dry it can go 😔

I’ve just checked, you probably bought either a Norway spruce which will drop or a Nordman fir - thicker needles, more expensive, can be more gappy between branches - won’t drop.

Honestly it'll be fine. We're buying ours this weekend, always buy it the last weekend of November, it's never died before Christmas. Saw a couple of inches off the bottom, you can also drill some holes in the lower part of the trunk to help it absorb water. Put it in a stand that holds water and top up the water every day. Try not to place it too close to a radiator. Can't imagine anything more depressing than waiting till a few days before Christmas for your tree

We always buy a real tree 4 weeks before xmas. We usually get a nordman fir. Although it will have only been recently cut, I cut the bottom inch or two off the bottom of the trunk and make sure it always has plenty of water. Our house is not cold, but it is not near a radiator. We normally take it down a day or so after NYD and we have never had an issue, apart from some minimal needle drop. It always looks good until its taken down.

I don’t imagine it will mind getting rained on, but you’ll need to let it dry before you bring it back in.

Having said that, if it’s a Nordman fir it’ll last if you water it and don’t put it anywhere too hot.

If it's in good condition it will be fine. Keep it in the garden for as long as possible. When you bring it in a tree holder with a water saucer is the best bet for surviving. Just be prepared for mega needle drop when you take it down (less of a problem with a noble fir or Balsam fir).

I think that this (the ‘all cut at the same time’ thing) is true for garden centres etc, but we buy ours from a local farm, where they start in the first week of December and cut fresh every day, selling from the farm gate. Once I was even allowed to go and choose mine to be cut because all the six footers they’d cut that morning had been sold. So it is possible to get a properly fresh one if you leave it till a sensible date later.

I think they are all cut early but survive as they are outside. It is the dry warmth inside that kills them. Leave it in the garden and it will be fine.

It'll be okay outside in a bucket (cut off the bottom of the stem & tie the branches in again if the net if off). We usually get our real one at the end of Nov/beginning of Dec & keep it outside until the weekend before xmas & it's fine until new year. Anything you buy pre-cut will have been chopped down weeks ago & just sitting outside.

Most people won’t be buying from a local farm though so they unfortunately won’t be able to pick and get their desired tree cut that day. Depends where you live.
The majority of Christmas trees sold in this country are sold at garden centres, supermarkets, market stalls etc and they are either imported or grown in Scotland.