If you decorate your home with a live tree, you may be wondering How To Water A Christmas Tree?  The trick is to keep it wet without ending up with water on the floor.

Many of us still like to go to the farm and cut down our own Christmas tree.  More often though you may be purchasing your tree from a local stand set up in a business parking lot.  Either way, if you have a live tree you know how important it is to keep it watered.  This can be a nuisance to do for an entire month.  But if you don’t keep your try moist, you risk fire from the lights on the tree and needles falling off in large quantities.  (A good reason to use a tree skirt – great idea for clean-up).

Tips On How To Water A Christmas Tree To Make It Last

There are many different methods on how to water a Christmas tree and there are plenty of different gimmicks on the market that you can try.  However, if you want to make your Christmas tree last, it is important that you start as soon as you bring your tree home.

Tip #1 – How To Water A Christmas Tree

When you return from buying your Christmas tree, immediately store the trunk in a bucket of water. This will prevent the sap from coagulating at the base of the trunk, which prevents water from entering the trunk to keep it moistened.  Don’t forget to prop up your tree so it doesn’t fall over.  However, it is recommended to cut off at least ½ inch of the trunk before placing the tree in water.  Doing this helps the tree absorb enough water.

Tip #2 – How To Water A Christmas Tree

You can use the standard, less expensive tree holders which allow for water to be added, but is inconvenient if you don’t use some type of monitoring device (see below).  The stand should provide one quart of water for each inch of trunk diameter. Try to position your tree away from heat sources, which tend to increase the rate of drying.

Tip #3 – How To Water A Christmas Tree

Once in the stand, be careful to keep the tree trunk under water.  Sometimes there may be water in the pan, but it is not submerged, so the trunk isn’t getting water.  The best information on how to water your Christmas tree is to remember that in the first week, a tree in your home will consume as much as a quart of water per day!

Tip #4 – How To Water A Christmas Tree

There are many water monitoring devices available on the market.  You can buy a simple sensor that beeps when the water level is too low to a variety of reservoirs.  One that we liked only costs $9.99 and uses your own 2 liter pop bottle to fill with water. You tip the filled bottle over and place in the base which has a hose that runs to the tree base.  It will keep 2” of water in the tree stand as long as you can see water in the soda bottle.

As you can see, how to water a Christmas tree can vary.  What is important is that you take steps to make sure that it stays as moist as possible.  Most Christmas tree fires occur because a tree has become dried out.  Trees that don’t stay wet are a fire hazard.  Watering your tree regularly is a safety tip everyone needs when decorating a live tree for Christmas.

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