Johnson's Garden Centers Text File document - copyright 2002
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Care & Planting Guide For Live Christmas Trees  

    Many of our customers like to decorate live Christmas trees in their
homes and then plant the trees outside after Christmas. This is a great
way to remember the season for years to come and is a good holiday
tradition for families who have new homes or who just need another tree
in their landscape.

    This Christmas season Johnson's offers live Austrian Pine, Alberta
Spruce and Colorado Blue Spruce (Bakeri, Hoopsii and Fat Albert). Follow
these easy steps for the care and planting of your live Christmas tree:

INDOOR CARE & OUTDOOR PLANTING
    1)  Don't keep your tree inside the house for more than ten days.
    2)  Keep the root ball moist while the plant is in the house.
    3)  Prepare the planting hole when the soil is not frozen and fill
it with straw or leaves to keep the soil from freezing.
    4)  When moving the tree outside after Christmas, keep it in an
unheated garage for a few days to acclimate it to the cold weather.
    5)  Be sure to water your tree with ferti-lome Root Stimulatorat
planting to encourage new roots to develop.
    6)  During the winter months, keep the tree rootsmoist and use
ferti-lome Root Stimulator 3-4 more times after planting to encourage
continued root growth.