Nursery World - EYFS Activities: Five ways to use… your Christmas tree

Enjoy the festive season… then, in the spirit of thriftiness, here are five things you could do outdoors to use up every last bit of your tree. By Julie Mountain

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1 GROW YOUR OWN TREE

xmastrees2 Growing a Christmas tree from a cutting can be a hit-and-miss affair, but it’s worth a try. It will work best if you take young stems, from a young tree, and do it as soon as you take possession of the tree.

Stems should be around 10cm long, and you’ll need to strip the bottom two thirds of leaves or needles. Dip the bare stems into hormone rooting powder (available from all garden centres) and plant each cutting into a small pot of moist potting compost. Loosely cover each pot with a transparent plastic bag and place them in a tray or on saucers, so that they can be watered from the base when necessary.

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