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I don't think the tree is doomed, but I know some kitty cats who need a serious "timeout."
The temperature in the garage won't hurt the tree, in fact cold is much better than warm. The bad thing is having the cut surface of the trunk exposed to air for more than a few hours. If that's happened, cut another 1/2 inch or so off the bottom before putting back up in the stand and in water. This will re-open the tissue which absorbs water. Also, depending on how cold it is in your garage, if it's much below freezing, the branches could be brittle and susceptible to snapping, so handle with care if the tree is frozen.
You should invest in a sturdier tree stand if your cats are going to continue behaving badly. Depending on your room set-up, you could also try securing the tree with some fishing line tied to something stationary like an end table or something, to keep it from tipping again.
"Cats Behaving Badly".....wasn't that a one-hit wonder band in the 80's?.....
We get many questions from students throughout the year doing research on Christmas Trees or agriculture. Here’s a good question from Zal:
From: Zal
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 12:08 PM
Subject: shearing question, using helicopter
probably a silly question but we are doing a report on Christmas tree harvesting and we been looking for info on power shearing the trees into a conical shape, and specially using a helicopter.
can you help with info if you know of an outfit that does that?
thanks
Zal
Those are two different topics Zal. Shearing is done May - July. Harvesting is done in Nov - Dec.
Shearing is done in a multitude of ways. Much depends on the size of the operation, grower's preferred methods, species being sheared, age of trees being sheared. Methods can be anything from handheld shearing snips, knives that look kind of like machetes, back pack style powered tool, to tractor powered machines.
Helicopters are used for harvesting only at big farms with poor road access or steep terrain. They are not used in shearing at all.
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