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Chinese chestnuts in tree tubes: “Another one popped out today”
The customer who send me the sequence of photos shown in the previous post sent me another text last week: “Another one popped out today.” These are Chinese chestnuts from Mossy Oak’s Nativ Nurseries, planted in spring 2014 and protected … Continue reading
Chinese chestnut in a tree tube
I love getting photos that customers take looking down a tree tube and tracking the progress of a seedling over time. The only problem is that the tree tends to grow out the top of the tube so quickly that … Continue reading
Tree Tube Question #137: Will my tree straighten out?
Sometimes trees coming screaming out the top of a tree tube so rapidly that they develop a significant bend or tilt. The question then becomes: Will the tree straighten out over time? Answer: Yes! On April 11, 2014 a customer … Continue reading
When a 4ft Tree Tube is not enough
Not so long ago most tree tube companies, when attempting to explain when to use tree tubes of various sizes, resorted to language along these lines: “Moderate deer browse – 4ft”, “Heavy deer browse – 5ft”, “Extreme deer browse – … Continue reading
Tree tubes with PVC stakes withstand 80mph winds
A customer in Florida texted to let me know that while yesterday’s 80mph winds took out mature trees and power lines, they didn’t bother his tree tubes with pvc stakes! Take a look: My customer sent a follow up text: … Continue reading
Tree Tubes on sawtooth oak: 20 months since planting
Yesterday a text message from a customer – my favorite kind of text message, the kind with a photo attached! The tree tube is 4ft tall, putting the tree at 9ft tall, 20 months after planting as an 18in seedling. … Continue reading
Tree Tubes: Chinese chestnuts produced in 3rd season since germination!
I have seen a lot of amazing growth in tree tubes in the 25 years that I have been working with them, but this is astounding even to me… but it shows you what is possible… and how we have … Continue reading
Tree Tubes: “So fast it’s scary”
This spring a longtime customer who has generally used tree tubes on sawtooth oaks and other oaks planted Chinese chestnuts from Mossy Oak’s Nativ Nurseries. I texted him to ask how those chestnuts are doing. He replied, “They’re doing good, … Continue reading
Wilson Tree Tubes: Hog proof?
I am often asked how our tree tubes stand up to rooting by wild hogs. I am usually a little hesitant to say that a plastic tube that weighs about 8 ounces – no matter how well constructed – can … Continue reading
Watch your step!
While checking to the growth of his sawtooth oak and Chinese chestnut seedlings growing in tree tubes a customer in Florida met up with this dude: Let’s be careful out there folks!