Monthly Archives: October 2012

Why I sell tree tubes

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Admin

Back in high school I was given a career aptitude test.  My lowest scores were in the area of “persuasion.”  In fact I think they were the lowest scores for persuasion ever recorded.  My guidance counselor told me with a … Continue reading →

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Tree tube background & history

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Admin

Many times I have a phone conversation or email exchange and then afterward realize that the information I covered with the customer might be helpful to many other folks.  This blog is a great way to replicate those discussions. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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Tree Tubes 101: Two great video channels teach tree tube basics

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Admin

The best way to understand how tree tubes work and is to see – and hear – for yourself. Two great You Tube video channels are devoted to showing landowners how to make their tree planting projects more successful than … Continue reading →

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YES! You DO put a 5 foot Tree Tube on a 6 inch seedling!

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Admin

As the popularity of tree tubes has increased I get this question less and less often – but remains the #1 question people have about tree tubes:  “You mean I can a 5 foot tall tree tube over a little … Continue reading →

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My favorite tree tube sale…

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Admin

My tree tube sales generally fall into one of three categories: 1) Folks who have planted trees time after time only to have them gnawed off and destroyed by deer or rabbits, but who found out about tree tubes and … Continue reading →

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Tree Tubes – for those of you keeping score at home

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Admin

The previous post linked to a You Tube video made by a gentleman who has planted Mossy Oak Nativ Nurseries seedlings over the past several years. The statistics go by kind of quickly, and some folks might not have video … Continue reading →

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Tree Tubes – Oaks producing acorns in 4th growing season!

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Admin

Amazing. What do you get when you combine top notch oak seedlings from Nativ Nurseries… … with the best tree tubes you can buy … with flexible PVC stakes … with a diligent landowner willing to do some weed control … Continue reading →

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Tree Tubes: Giving lie to the myth of the slow growing oak!

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Admin

J. Russell Smith, economic geographer and author of the landmark book Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture, wrote that oak trees should sue poets for damages.  Poets use oaks as a convenient metaphor for slowness; sturdy, strong, enduring… but slow! Oaks … Continue reading →

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4, 5 or 6ft Tree Tubes – Choosing the right height

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Admin

I have been working on a new, more coherent way to explain when to use 4, 5 or 6ft tree tubes.  The traditional way that tree tube suppliers have explained how to choose the correct tree tube height is by … Continue reading →

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Tree Tube Stakes: PVC versus white oak

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Admin

A customer from Kentucky called this morning to finalize his order for 4ft Tubex Combitube Plus Tree Tubes and PVC stakes.  He was excited about two things: 1) The fact that he was getting the best tree tubes on the … Continue reading →

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