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Old 07-01-2007, 04:18 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Potted Blue Spruce Care

The city of Chicago has a recycling program where if you turn in your
old christmas tree to be run through the chipper, they give you a blue
spruce sapling.

I want to grow mine inside (in an apartment) - but have no idea how to
care for it. I have searched the internet and only find care
instructions for outdoor trees.

The sapling is about 14" total length. The 'above ground' portion is
8" and the 'below ground' is 6". The roots came wrapped in a burlap
cylinder about 1" diameter.

Here's what I have done so far (yesterday). I bought Miracle Grow
Moisture Control Potting Mix and a 1 gallon plastic pot. I filled he
pot with about 2" of potting soil and thouroughly soaked it. stood the
plant up on top of that and added another 6" of potting soil around
that. I slowly added a quart of water, letting it soak in, gently
tamping down the soil, and then adding more soil to get back up to the
6". About twelve hours later it felt try so I added another pint of
water.

The tree is in a window where it will get about 3 hours of direct sun a
day and about 6 hours of indirect sun.

My first question is, "How much water is enough or too much?"

From there - Anything else I should do to promote growth?


 
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