Tag Archives: Tree protectors

Re-repeat order of tree tubes

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Admin

Just spoke to a gentleman from North Carolina who called to order tree tubes for the third time in a year.  Some very interesting tidbits to this conversation: In reviewing these orders I noticed that: 1) Every one is for … Continue reading →

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Tree Tube Tips: Achieving peak growth of seedlings in tree tubes

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Admin

Here’s an informative post with tips for optimizing growth of tree seedlings in tree tubes. The key point:  Always prune seedlings to a single stem before applying tree tubes!  Not only will the trees have better form, they will grow … 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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