With a bit of luck and skill to a Christmas tree can grow on your own windowsill, kind of like growing bonsai . Of course, to the nearest New Year you are unlikely to get a festive beauty , but in a few years will be able to decorate it with tinsel branches .
To grow a small Christmas tree at home, the first thing you'll have to gather up a fir cones (you can, of course, buy and eat the seeds ,
but they do not sell in every store for gardeners have to look for it! ) . It is worth remembering : coniferous trees grow well in the soil , which was typed about adult spruce or pine trees. Therefore , collecting pine cones in the woods , at the same time and type of land. However , the tree will grow and purchase land. Purchase one that is rich in minerals and easy .
Then proceed as follows:
1. Place the cones on a day in warm water to seed a little swollen. Conifers and so grow long enough, and if the seeds do not prepare, and seedlings can not wait.
2. Put the bottom of the flower pot drainage and fill with soil. Plug the shallow bumps in the ground, pour water and cover with plastic wrap landing.
3 . The seeds will germinate in about 2-3 months , maybe a little later. Remember to water the earth. When you are young herringbone , irrigate it from a spray bottle every day, and watering takes place every 1-2 weeks.
5 . To conifer no yellowing , put a flower pot out of direct sunlight. Watch out for the moisture content of the soil and do not fill the plant , otherwise it will die .
6. Formation of the crown made no earlier than 2 years after planting. But be careful - after pruning tree
may start to hurt .
7. If for some reason you decide to transplant the tree in the open ground , do it very early in the spring that it has taken root . On the street conifer can grow large , and at home -
no more than 1 meter in height.
Very soon many of us will be installed at home Christmas tree . With artificial Christmas tree is usually no problem . It is sure to set cross , and the plant itself is carried out according to the enclosed instructions. Few things are more difficult with a natural tree or pine. Perhaps the most famous Christmas tree stand - crossing , construction, consisting of two crosswise downed wooden bars of equal length. For its manufacturing you will need , in addition to the wooden pieces , hammer , drill, hacksaw on wood , screws , nails and rope .
Once you Put together the spider , cut a hole in the center and insert the prepared beforehand liners that will jack tree.
Fix the hole in the ear nails or screws. It is desirable that the diameter of the butt socket . If the butt was a little smaller than the slot , lock the trunk eating a wooden wedge .
More modern and original Christmas tree base is made from the bottom of an office chair. There may be two options - to use for the old overage chair or donate new on the Christmas holidays by removing the top. You will only fit in the butt hole front seat. This design is very mobile , but if you have decorated her with electric garlands, it is best to lock the wheels on the ground.