Cut Christmas trees for sale

Christmas Tree Farm in SW Virginia

Around the holidays lots of people head out to local Christmas farms to purchase a tree. Local farms offer the best freshly cut trees that should last 3 or more weeks inside your home. Trees for sale in urban lots may have been harvested  between 1-4 weeks earlier and shipped to your vicinity.

A cut Christmas tree should last longer if you choose one that’s fresh (branches are pliable and needles are not dried out). Keep the butt end of the trunk immersed in water until you are ready to bring the tree indoors for decorating.

Here are some tips in purchasing a tree:
1. Test for freshness by holding a branch between your thumb and fingers and pulling lightly toward you. If very few or no needles fall off, the tree is fresh. If the end of a branch bends easily, that’s also a sign of freshness. If you observe some yellowing, browning, or falling of interior needles, that’s okay. But, if you pick up a tree a few inches and slam it back down, lots of needles shouldn’t wind up on the ground.
2. Most tree lots will usually offer to cut the trunk of the tree for you. This allows for fast water uptake. You need to get the tree home and into water quickly.
3. If you’re not ready to take your cut tree indoors, set it in a bucket of water and keep it on a porch or in the garage—where it’s cool and sheltered from wind and sun.
4. Freshly cut 2-3 inch off the bottom (butt end) of the tree before bringing tree indoors.
5. Inside your home, tree will absorb nearly a gallon of water the first 24 hours. Thereafter, every 3-4 days, check and add water to the tree stand reservoir.
6.Keep cut trees (and all greenery) away from fireplaces and other heat sources.