Category Archives: Tree Tubes

Tree Tube Testimonials – Success despite drought and scorching temp’s

Emails like this one are the reason I love my job so much.  This is from a customer in Kansas, which is currently suffering through record high temperatures and record low rainfall. “I ordered tree tubes and weed barrier fabric … Continue reading

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Summer Time Is… Tree Tube Time!

I have been amazed at the number of orders that have continued to pour in for Tree Tubes!  In the olden days (late 80s and 90s) my June, July and August were quiet times for tree tube guys like me.  … Continue reading

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Planting Trees From Seed – It’s Catching On!

The last couple of years I have been (very pleasantly!) surprised by the number of folks ordering tree tubes to protect trees they started themselves from seed.  Yesterday it was a customer from Wisconsin who is planting some hickory seedlings … Continue reading

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Same old conversation – with another happy ending

I have in the tree tube business for 23 years.  In that time there are two variants of the same conversation that I have had approximately 24,937 times – and counting. Variant #1 – I grew up on this farm … Continue reading

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My work here is done

I get a lot of testimonials about how tree tubes help our customers achieve their tree planting goals. Sometimes I get one that embodies all of the reasons I started promoting tree tubes 23 years ago.  Like this one: “Thanks … Continue reading

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Prairie & oak savannah restoration with Tree Tubes

Photographs continue to roll in from the field… and every one of them makes my day!  Here are a couple shots of Wilson Tree Tubes in an oak savannah restoration project by a customer in Illinois. Tree tubes are the … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Quote of the Day

I was talking to another tree tube customer today.  After completing another repeat order he said how please he has been with his tree tubes, then added, “The only thing I’m unhappy about is that it took me 3 years … Continue reading

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More Rave Reviews for Tree Tubes

I never ever get tired of getting emails like this from Robert in Ohio: “The tree tubes are working beyond my expectations!  I’d like to order 50 more…” And of course since Robert ordered a whole lot more than 50 … Continue reading

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My favorite sale

My favorite sale is every sale, no matter how big or small.  This spring I have had orders of 5 tubes and 500,000 tubes.  When the phone rings I never know what the call will bring.  Sometimes people apologize because … Continue reading

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Still looking for the “typical” planting project

I have been in the tree tube for 23 years without interruption.  I just realized I am the only human being on the North American continent who can make that statement. In all that time I haven’t been right very … Continue reading

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