Holly Trees

Giving it holly

Hi
I noticed that there is a lot of holly at the bottom of my field which still have berries on it. Does anyone know how long the berries would stay on the branch if it was cut?? I would cut it now if i knew in case the birds will have it gone in the next week or so.

reilig

Giving it holly wrote: »

Hi
I noticed that there is a lot of holly at the bottom of my field which still have berries on it. Does anyone know how long the berries would stay on the branch if it was cut?? I would cut it now if i knew in case the birds will have it gone in the next week or so.

If you store it correctly, the berries will last till christmas. If you cut them and leave them indoors or out, they will fall off in 2 weeks.

You need to store them in an airtight contaner like a barrel or a tank and put each branch into the storage in layers - you have to pad between the layers with rushes or straw

Oldtree

or put a net over them so the bird cant get them until u want them

ford2600

The birds need the berries more than you do:)

If you have to cut the tree go easy with saw. Very fond of holly, beautiful tree

Oldtree

some of the holly trees produce berries that must be sweeter than others, as I have seen some stripped in a few hours and others left until the bitter end. I was just suggesting netting off some of the berries, what u need like.