I had always hung the trees upside down using clip clothespins as
shown, let them dry, then stuck them in a box with many holes
drilled in the top so that I could spray them with Aqua Net Un-
scented Super Extra Hold #3 hair spray and sprinkle them with
Noch light green leaves. The different colors tend to give the trees
some depth, and you want the lightest colors to the outside where
they’d catch the “sun”. Lately I’ve been immediately putting
the trees into the box where I’ll spray them, which saves steps.
They’re stiff enough that they don’t droop. After a few hours
they’re ready to plant, and this can be hurried by putting a gentle
fan breeze on them to dry.
With this tree making technique I can plant roughly 90 trees in 10
minutes. Once the armature has been painted, the making of the
tree is not much more than 30 seconds. My total production of
trees in this two and a half month phase was well over 900 trees,
basically equivalent to my entire tree-making output of the past
few years!
