Health & Fitness
So, Was Martha Stewart a Bit Off Regarding Live Christmas Trees?
Was Martha Stewart correct in implying that a live Christmas tree (roots and all) can likely live for only 10 days indoors?
I published this article at Warren's Nursery and was wondering if anyone had a similar experience:
Have you ever seen a live Christmas tree that has been inside a home for over three months? I hadn’t either. It’s spring and we’re getting ready to plant our live Christmas tree outdoors that has been in our house from December 2012 to April 2013 and has been steadily growing ever since. The reason I wanted to point this out is because I believe Martha Stewart had written an article about live Christmas trees that seems a bit misleading.
In her article entitled Martha Stewart: How to ensure your live Christmas tree survives the holiday, Martha wrote “A live Christmas tree can survive a transplant with proper care.” and “For best results, a live tree should remain indoors for no more than 10 days, although a shorter stay is better.” The implication is that a live Christmas tree won’t likely survive more than 10 days in a home. This simply does not seem to be the case. I’ve provided a photo of a live Christmas tree that has been in our home for over three months and is doing fine.
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We haven’t even been misting the tree at all in the past month or so. And we’ve found a simple way to water the tree by just pouring water at the top of the center of the tree and letting it trickle down to the soil. Because the branches tend to point up and out at an angle, the water flows straight down the trunk and waters the root ball from the inside out.
So, was the diva of home decorating a bit off? From our experience it seems so. Martha had signed up to sell a variety of her artificial tree designs at Home Depot last year, so maybe that had something to do with her playing down the viability of live, natural Christmas trees. Then again, maybe not. Maybe it’s true that Christmas trees rarely survive indoors more than 10 days and we’re an exception. If you have any accounts regarding live Christmas trees it would be interesting to know how yours turned out. In the mean time, using live Christmas trees seems to be the preferable sustainable option in my opinion.
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There are photos at the original link:
