"couple inches off the bottom" Really - so much? The trees available around here were cutoff so far above the ground to begin with, that removing an inch or two of trunk requires the removal of the lowest branch just to get the trunk into any available holder. So much then for the nice symmetrical tree.
Wouldn't a half inch, as suggested elsewhere, be just as effective? Another thought, since the outer layers absorb the most water, why not just shave say a 1/4" off the entire bottom and cut just the outer layers an additional 1/4 inch?
"couple inches off the bottom" Really - so much? The trees available around here were cutoff so far above the ground to begin with, that removing an inch or two of trunk requires the removal of the lowest branch just to get the trunk into any available holder. So much then for the nice symmetrical tree.
Wouldn't a half inch, as suggested elsewhere, be just as effective? Another thought, since the outer layers absorb the most water, why not just shave say a 1/4" off the entire bottom and cut just the outer layers an additional 1/4 inch?