Mini Trees

[sjb]

If you have used Tomato cages to make mini trees, how many lights have you used on each one. I have put 100 on one and it looks bare.

Photo's would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Steve

[keitha43]

If using 5mm leds 100  of each color looks okay. Incandescent usually need more.

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[jnealand]

I used floral easels and put 3 100ct strings on them (3 colors).  Be sure to look at them at night in the dark and lit up.  They probably will look just fine.

[shaunkad]

I put 300 lights 1 color

[chrisatpsu]

i didn't cut my cages last year, and did 400 mini incans last year, his year i'm cutting them, and using about 70 rgb leds

[kjam22]

I used 200 of each color on each of my cages -3 colors.  I replaced them this year with 100 node dumb strings.  The tree looks bare in the light but looks great when it is lit up.

[loveroflife96]

kjam...can you take some pics at night?  I thought about doing that this year, but opted out, but might make plans for next year.  Kinda sad that I'm already planning for 2013 when I haven't finished putting lights up for 2012.  This is becoming a habit....

[Jeffl]

1200 minis.  4 strings of each color for the working ones.  Those that have had issues there may be 14 strings, some working and some not. 

[duane.mosley]

i am using 100 each color 4 colors on mine. at least that is the plan. this is my first year so i am still in the process of putting them together. i am wrapping my tomato cages with the ever green looking garland for day time appeal. should have pictures ready tomorrow.


duane

[UncleBuck]

300 incan per color, 3 colors for total of 900 per tree.

[chrisatpsu]

900 - 1200?   holy cow!  how big are these trees?

[Jeffl]

Mine are the 42" cages.  The thing to remember when you get 900-1200 per tree is that the lights are "weaved" and not wrapped.  You have to work each string in  so all the lights face outward.  I first tried the wrap method and they looked like "    ", you will in the blank.  After weaving in each string they looked gorgeous and very neat.  The lights also point outwards so they look very good when lit.

I guess it's just my perfectionist personality.  Unfortunately mine are on there last year so I will have to redo them next year and I dread it because I have 31 and each one takes about 1.5 hours to build.  That's 372 strings of minis or a combination of minis and LED's.

[dmaccole]

I put 300 lights 1 color

+1

\dmc

[kjam22]

I will try to get a picture next week.  I am fighting with my conductor right now so I have no output ability

[duane.mosley]

this one of my trees i have done. 120 red 120 white 100 blue 100 green. 42'' cage.


duane