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And reused the next year?
Yup.........Nope.
I had a miniature Japanese Spruce that lived in a large planter that we moved in every year and then moved back out to the garden.
lasted about 10 years IIRC.
Replanted yes reused no
Replanted one in the garden when rocket jr was very small and it kind of stalled for a bit then started growing. Left it a couple of years then sawed it down
More recently replanted another one in an allegedly 'better' location. Same thing it rested for a few months and then started growing. Killed everything else around it and started worrying the cat so I introduced it to mr bowsaw
Yes , kept one in a pot for several years before it got too big and is now planted in the garden .
Re-started the process with a smaller tree in a bigger pot !!
Yes and yes.
Just have to repot it every now and then.
Only real issue is that it seems to bring many interesting creatures in with it!
We had one when I was a kid that we used for 3 years on the trot. I now live about half a mile away from the house and they have an at least 50 foot Christmas tree at the bottom of the their garden that you can see as you drive up the road . 😀
Just about to do this. Bought a repottable tree this year. It only really works if you have an intact root ball to start with. If you are going to dig it up again then best keep it in the pot so the whole root balls comes out with it again next year. Smaller roots can work their way out the bottom of the pot via the holes. If you plant it without the pot then you will need to dig a big hole to get it out next year if you want it to survive and be replanted. Alternatively just decorate it in the garden 🙂
3 years ago we bought a real tree and for the last two years it has been in a huge pot which we drag onto the decking at the back of the house and adorn with lights and sit it in front of the French doors. Still going strong and saves a lot of space indoors.
Bear in mind that Spruce and the like will thrive in acidic soil, and won't in Alkaline soil.
Yep, have done for a few years until I left it in the bucket till March last year and it died...
My dad used to plant them every year after Christmas - about 1 in 5 survived to the next Christmas. None were ever in good enough shape a year later to reuse though.
The ones you get in pots now presumably have a decent set of healthy roots so much more likely to make it through.
We tried this for a few years when I was a kid, IIRC only one survived into the autumn though. Then my mum killed it by having a bonfire too close to it so we never actually got round to re-using it!
Worth a look for anyone near Formby...
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/formby/features/recycle-your-christmas-tree-at-formby
Ok, that's great, all taken on board for next year. I seem to have overlooked the rootball for this year. DOH!
One we planted as teenagers, forty years later is 60 plus feet high. Still makes me laughs that it once had fairy lights and tinsel hanging from it.
Yes and No
Yes & No.
Paid the extra a few years ago for a potted Xmas tree, despite my best efforts it was dying by Xmas day, come the 27th I marched it out the garden, removed the plastic wrapping paper off the pot to find it had been hacked to bits and a broken cheap pot jammed on the end of it - I planted it, nursed the sod until spring, it looked like it might pull through until it seemed overnight to turn brown an die.
I've been using an 80's vintage plastic one every year since.