"Sacha" wrote
"Bob Hobden" said:
"Sacha" wrote ...
Aries said:
Sacha wrote:

8' Norwegian thingy was £14.80 from a local farm. I don't know what
others charge.

Wow! I think that was a very reasonable price for a tree of that size


I think the 'ordinary' trees, like ours, were £1.80 per foot. I saw
someone closer to Torquay sellling Nordman's 'from' £30, however!

Round here a Nordman of 7ft costs £35.00 and that is the Farm Shop not
the expensive places. I understand the Scandinavians have sent their
trees somewhere else in Europe this year so there is a shortage and that
coupled with the rise of the Euro against the £ has made them expensive
this year.

We've had Nordmans in the past but have decided to just do more hoovering
in the new year, for the last couple of years. ;-) We have a tree holder
that contains water and is regularly topped up and that does seem to help
needle retention a lot.

Yes, we have had a plastic holder that holds water for decades, works well.
Got 5 strong plastic legs that detach for storage and I have to drill a
large hole in the centre of the base of the trunk to screw a locating
plastic plug in so the tree is held upright. 5 sliding holders then slide
against the trunk to hold it firm. Not sure you can still buy them.
The best tree we ever had was a Noble Fir, beautiful perfume and very few
spines although perhaps not as retentive as a Nordman. Unfortunately the GC
that sold them had a few complaints about spine retention and stopped
stocking them.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK