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Tree Tubes – Fall application provides winter protection, fast start in spring

I always say that the tree best times to put tree tubes on your newly planted tree seedlings are: 1. The day you plant (preferably the minute you plant!) 2. Yesterday 3. Today If you planted seedlings last spring (or … Continue reading

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Mossy Oak Tree Tubes Video – That’s one fast growing chickasaw plum tree!

Here’s a great video from our friends at Mossy Oak’s Nativ Nurseries (a great source for Wilson Tree Tubes!). http://www.youtube.com/user/NativNurseries?feature=mhee#p/u/10/0XozDCEfPb4 Once again you see what the combination of great nursery stock, fertilization and effective weed control can do when channeled … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes for natural red oak regeneration

Autumn is the perfect time to buy a few extra tree tubes and use them to enhance your red oak natural regeneration. Naturally regenerated seedlings (a.k.a. “volunteers”) already have well established root systems, but chances are deer have kept them … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes – Perfect For Fall Planting

In many parts of the country autumn is a great time for planting seedling trees as well as direct-seeding acorns, walnuts or chestnuts. For seedlings, as long as soils temp’s remain favorable those newly planted seedlings will initiate root growth, … Continue reading

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Hybrid oak in Wilson Tree Tube grows 6 1/2 feet in 7 months

Wow!  Click on the photo to enlarge it.  This hybrid oak (overcup x white – Quercus lyrata x Quercus alba) was planted in spring, 2011 as an 18 inch tall seedling.  It is now more than 8 feet tall. Who … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes on American Chestnuts

One of the many great things about my job selling the best tree tubes on the market is that it allows me to play at least a small role in the recovery and reestablishment of the American chestnut tree. If … Continue reading

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Novice Teaches the Tree Tube “Expert” a thing or two…

In a series of recent emails I have been working with a novice tree planter in Pennsylvania who will be planted several acres of hardwoods this coming spring.  I have given advice on species selection, site preparation, spacing and maintenance/after … Continue reading

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Planting a tree without a tree tube?

I have been writing promotional materials for tree tubes for 22 years (I wrote my first piece on tree tubes in the spring of 1989 for a small non-profit newsletter). Even after all that time I still struggle to find … Continue reading

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Another satisfied Tree Tube customer

What a great way to start a Monday, with this email in my inbox: “… Seventy trees in this plot and every single tree is alive and well. 80% of these trees could be removed from the tubes and they … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes: Benefits continue after tree emerges

I sometimes visit online discussion boards and chat rooms at sportsman’s web sites where Tree Tubes are being discussed. One growing trend seems to be using the tree tubes to grow seedling trees past the deer, removing the tree tube, … Continue reading

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