"Mercy" wrote in message
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My friend and I staggered home with a living tree to decorate for
Christmas, and we'd like to try and keep the poor thing living so we
can plant it in the garden after Christmas.

We did this some years ago, it was the worst thing we ever did, it
grew to 80 feet high and about ten feet across, the needles killed
off most of the growth beneath it.

So, if you do take that step, cut the thing down after two or three
years, or, unless you have several acres of garden, you, and your
neighbours will suffer for many years to come, and if they do get
too large for you to cut down it will cost you about £300 pounds
to get rid of it.

Alan


It appears to be in good health, and is in a fairly large pot (the tree
itself is just over six feet tall).

How can we best look after the tree, particularly in terms of any
watering? The man at the shop where we bought it was very blase about
what we did with it and wasn't much help.

Thanks,

Mercy


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Mercy