We bought our Christmas tree a few days ago. It's a small concolor fur. We brought it in the house today from the garage and the needles are falling all over the place. We've added water and this stuff called Prolong to the water holder and the base of the tree. If you've ever heard of Prolong. I'm afraid all the needles will be gone my X-mas time. Any body know what might be going on? Could it be the temp or humidity in the house? I'll look on the WWW and see if I can find anything.

I think you just got an old tree. By old, I mean one that was cut quite a while back.

Below from RealChristmasTrees.org

White fir, also commonly called concolor fir, is native to the western United States and may reach sizes of 130-150 ft. in height and 3 to 4 ft. in diameter. The oldest white firs may occasionally reach 350 years of age. It produces a spire-like crown with a straight trunk.

On older trees, the lower one-half to one-third of the crown is often free of branches.

White fir is tolerant of a considerable amount of shade. Its best growth is on moist loamy soils, but may often be found on dry, thin soils.

As a Christmas tree, white fir has good foliage color, a pleasing natural shape and aroma, and good needle retention.

Now DG's site may tell you this, but I could not go to the pages. So I will add to this post. When you get a cut tree, the cut starts to heal over the cut trying to protect the tree.

Just before you put your tree in the stand, cut the bottom an inch or better off the bottom. This will open the “Wound” and allow it to pick up water. If this tree is really old, even this may not help. My Dad would also make several crosscuts on the bottom about an inch up the trunk. In trees, the water and nutrients flow up just under the bark.

Get the tree into water as soon as possible right after the cut.

This is similar to what you do for cut flowers. Cut the bottom just before you put them in water.

I have to agree with DG - it must have been cut some time ago. For the past few years, I have had a concolor fir and cut it down myself. I've had it up as long as from the day after Thanksgiving until the day after New Years and very few needles have fallen off. This is one of the trees that last the longest and I have the heat on and all and no problem. I think it's the fact that it's likely been cut a while.

My dad made a fresh cut the day before we put it up. It's in a stand now and siting in water. I added prolong and after some research, that was not the best idea. I'll remember to use fresh tap water only. Plus, I closed some heat vents arround it, I think that should help?

Needle loss occurs when the tree starts to dry out so here is some info for you that I believe will help.

-Keep the tree well watered and cool temperatures will cut back on needle loss.

-Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from sources of heat

-A tree can absorb up to a quart of water a day and once a tree loses 20% of its moisture content, it will not be able to recover

Also be careful with lights. If a tree loses 50% of its moisture content it becomes a fire hazard and can ignite from contact with hot lights.
Christmas Tree Tips & Safeguards

Thanks. Yea that is some good info there. I check the water level every day to make sure it's not geting to low and I'll add pure tap water from now on instead of that prolong stuff. I also closed the heat vents arround it which helps make the room a bit cooler and I'm sparying it with a mist of water each day to give it a boost. I've read that that can help a bit to. I guess that it all you can do right? Let's just hope it makes it in time for X-mas.