At the young plant nursery year old seedlings are grown in a 3 litre pot for a further year (the tree is now two years old).
Special branch guides help to give the tree a perfect shape.
The trees are then potted into 10litre pots and grown on for a further year (the tree now three years old).
In the field holes are drilled into prepared ground and pots are planted and levelled with a spirit level in readiness to take the trees from the young plant nursery.
The trees are transferred from the young plant nursery and dropped into the guide pots in the field. Each tree is given an individual spaghetti watering pipe linked to a computer controlled fertilisation system, ensuring that they get all the water and nutrients needed to produce a healthy, dark green, bushy tree. |
Welcome to the home of the lifetime tree.
Every Lifetime Tree is grown for up to eight years, depending on size, then it is lifted, netted and sent to the Garden Centres to provide the perfect re-usable Christmas tree that will go on to produce oxygen and help the environment either in a tub or in the garden. How to care for your Lifetime TreeTo get the best from your LIFETIME TREE here are a few tips that you may find useful. Your Lifetime Tree will be happiest in the coolest part of the room. DO NOT PUT THE TREE NEXT TO ANY RADIATORS OR FIRES.
As soon as possible after the Christmas period place your tree into a cool light place (a shed or garage) near a window for at least 2 weeks, continue watering. This is to allow the tree time to acclimatise to outside conditions. Then plant the tree into your garden or a large patio pot. Feed the tree with general fertiliser in spring and continue to water your tree in dry weather for at least the first 6 months even if it has been planted into the garden. For best results from your Lifetime Tree it is recommended that you pot it into a larger pot. If it is just for indoor use and short term, place it into a pot that is 2-3 inches bigger than the rootball all the way round, leaving enough room to get your hand down the side of the rootball to firm in the compost. Cover the drain holes in the pot with a few bits of broken pot to allow the water to drain out but to prevent the compost from falling through the holes.
Water thoroughly, approx 1 full watering can, to bed in the tree and then water regularly in dry weather for the first 6 months. Rake in general fertiliser around the bottom of the tree in spring. Remember a LIFETIME TREE or Abies Nordmanniana is a forest tree so allow space for it to grow, if you are it planting into your garden. Plant the tree in a fertile moist but well drained soil, neutral to acidic in full sun, but the tree will tolerate shade. All trees are grown to the MPS European Standard, which is an environmental certificate to prove that they have been produced with the environment in mind. With the proper care and attention your LIFETIME TREE should give years of pleasure. |
This type of Christmas Tree is a well-established concept with hundreds of trees sold through garden centres each year. Read on to find out why you too should by a Lifetime Tree.
Water your tree every day if required approx 1 pint per day. Place your tree on a pot saucer and make sure the tree is not standing continuously in water, however NEVER LET YOUR TREE DRY OUT. The compost should feel damp to the touch. Water directly to the bottom of the trunk slowly, so that it can soak into the centre of the roots.
If your LIFETIME TREE is for outdoor use you can plant it in as large a container as you wish (Ideal for half whisky barrels). It is best to use soil based compost or in larger pots garden soil. Firm down to avoid windrock. By planting your tree in a tub it will prevent it from getting too large. Remember that the tree would need to be re-potted into a larger pot as the tree gets bigger. |