Christmas Tree Care
selecting & preserving your cut christmas tree
Meadows Farms carries the widest variety of cut Christmas trees to be found anywhere in the Metropolitan area. While some trees do hold their needles longer than others, it is more a matter of care and preservation measures after you get the tree home as to how long they will hold their needles. Because we buy so many trees, our growers cut our trees just prior to loading them on trucks for delivery to us. This helps insure that we always have the freshest trees possible for our customers.
Some considerations before buying your tree
1. Decide in advance what height tree you need. Remember a taller tree can be cut off from the bottom and excess branches used for other decorations.
2. If you are planning to place the tree in a corner, keep in mind that it doesn't have to be perfectly shaped.
3. Consider how long your tree will be up, the temperature the tree will be exposed to and select the kind of tree with the needle retention you need.
Care of you cut tree
1. Until you are ready to trim your tree, store it outside in a sheltered area (a cold garage is ideal-wind will dry out the tree). If it is going to be one day or more before you decorate, make a fresh straight cut across the trunk about an inch up from the original cut. This opens the tree stem so it can take up water. Then plunge the trunk end immediately into fresh water. Keep water above the fresh cut or a new cut will be necessary. An average tree will consume between two pints and one gallon per day.
Christmas tree varieties & pricing
Why buy a living Christmas tree?