How to choose a Christmas tree for the New Year
A Christmas tree, live or artificial, appears for the holiday in almost every house in Russia. The whole family is going to dress a tree together. For children, the place under the tree, where gifts will soon appear, is shrouded in mystery and magic. Adults just enjoy the time spent together.
So that this fabulous time is not overshadowed by troubles due to the wrong choice of a Christmas tree, in this article we will discuss how to choose artificial Christmas trees and living trees by 2019, what to look for, how to prolong the freshness and durability of a tree.
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Choose a live Christmas tree
For moving to a hot, winter-like heated apartment, a blue spruce is suitable. The needles of a tree of this variety do not drown from room heat. The disadvantage of the variety is the high price. Pay attention to the trunk of the Christmas tree - the thicker it is, the less tubercles and growths, the longer it will stand. And, of course, on the branches - whether they are evenly distributed along the trunk, for placement in the center of the room this is important.
If you plan to install a New Year symbol in the corner, one of the sides is uneven. Rubbing needles with your fingers, note the amount of resin - the more, the fresher the tree. Inspect the trunk cut - you should choose that live Christmas tree, in which the cut is light in color and without spots.
To protect the living tree from force majeure during transportation, the branches are wound with twine to the trunk. And they do not untie it right away, bringing it home, but letting it acclimatize. It is recommended to put the tree in a bucket of sand, rather than a simple stand, while cleaning 10 centimeters of the base of the trunk from the bark. Watering the Christmas tree and periodically spraying water on the needles (or humidifying the air in the usual way), we will provide long admiring the forest beauty at home.
An additional nutrition for the Christmas tree will be the addition of glycerin to the water for irrigation, or a mixture of sugar, salt and aspirin. Someone is adding some fertilizer. Every housewife probably has a signature recipe for extending life to flower bouquets and Christmas trees.
If possible, subsequently transplant the tree, buy not a cut spruce, but growing in a tub. So she will stay with you for many years after the holiday. For such a product, the path does not lie at the Christmas market, but at the nursery. And remember that local trees are better adapted to the climate and are more likely to take root than imported varieties.
Choosing an artificial Christmas tree for the New Year
If the traditional spruce aroma is not fundamental and you don’t want to mess with cleaning the showered needles, but we plan to pay tribute to the tradition, we choose artificial Christmas trees. In addition, this option is more reasonable from a financial and environmental point of view. Some are forced to abandon the living tree due to allergic reactions.
The disadvantage of artificial wood is that it needs a place to store. But modern collapsible Christmas trees made of plastic parts are packed compactly. Artificial Christmas trees 2019 is a variety of options that no one expected 20 years ago. There was only one kind of artificial symbol of the New Year.
Now, the owners choose the material of an artificial Christmas tree, based on financial, safe and aesthetic factors. For example, spruce paper is inexpensive. But fire hazard and not durable.
Christmas tree made of polymer tapes (polyvinyl chloride) is more common than others due to a reasonable price-quality ratio.
Cast Christmas trees made of polypropylene, or simply plastic, look more spectacular, or rather imitate a living tree, European manufacturers are responsible for the quality of the products. But such a Christmas tree is much more expensive than analogues.
What other artificial Christmas trees are there?
Additional functions, sometimes provided by a complete set of artificial Christmas trees, are imitation of snow or highlighting of needles or the whole tree. Do not hesitate to ask the seller for a quality certificate for the product and ask for a warranty period. It will be a shame if the spruce fails before the end of the New Year holidays.
The artificial tree will last for a long time on a metal frame, with thin needles that are not too amenable to deformation. A sharp unpleasant odor should alert, because it indicates a low quality of raw materials. Be guided in the choice of artificial spruce for safety reasons, since in case of fire, toxins released by poor-quality material during combustion can be seriously poisoned.
