[murray607]

Originally Posted by Shimpy

Is that diet or regular 7-up or Sprite? Could be the tree needs the sugar of regular soda?
There are a lot of old wife tales about how to preserve a tree. I like the one using an aspirin in the water. The main thing is keep it watered to slow it from drying out. Usually the trees in a lot are a one shot deal and if you wait to buy one hoping to get a fresh one you'll only get a tree that's been setting in the sun drying out when it could be in your home getting watered.

Regular, as it apparently is the sugar that works to hold the needles on the branches.

[travelguy]

ok. real, cut christmas trees are grown as a crop, not so different from growing heads of broccoli although it takes a whole lot longer to get them to harvest. all christmas trees offered for sale in retail outlets in this country are usually harvested no later than october 31. they have to be cut early due to adverse weather conditions looming on the horizon in places where the nurseries are grown, and also because the logistics of moving the trees around is huge. that said, the onlyway that you can get a 'freshly cut' tree is to go out and do the cuting yourself, and that is impossible in florida. christmas trees are not grown here.