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Customer invents the tree tube… then buys some

A customer and I were laughing together the other day as he recounted how he – inadvertently – invented tree tubes… and then discovered they already exist. This gentleman in upstate New York has been planting trees – mostly apple … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes: No more wasted trees

One of the sad facts of my job selling tree tubes is that I rarely talk to anyone the first time they plant trees.  Usually what happens is that they plant and fail once or twice (or more) and then … Continue reading

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Can I use tree tubes on shrubs? Yes!

Every spring I get asked dozens of times if tree tubes work on shrubs planted as small seedlings.  Absolutely!  Here’s the email I sent to a customer this morning who asked that exact question: Yes, I have a lot of … Continue reading

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Another happy tree tube customer…

I never, ever get tired of getting emails like this – from Bill in Nebraska: I’ll also be planting more trees so I’ll be ordering more tree tubes later on. I won’t plant another tree without them, greatest thing ever. … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Feedback 6: Becoming a serial tree planter

I got this text over the weekend: 99 Percent survival rate. 90 Percent are out of the tubes. Its amazing. Have a hundred chestnuts ordered and may order 200 more oaks and fruit trees lol…..Tree tubes are great! I have … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Feedback 5

Emails like this one from a customer in northern Illinois are especially gratifying for me: The forester who prepared my forestry improvement plan strongly recommended use of cages over tree tubes, but I am really glad I did not follow … Continue reading

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PVC stake alternatives for rocky or compacted soils

I absolutely LOVE pvc stakes for tree tubes.  More specifically 1/2″ schedule 40 PVC electrical conduit: I used to field dozens of calls per year about stake failure.  Now I don’t get any.  PVC stakes flex but don’t break, don’t … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Feedback 3

From a customer in Wisconsin, who planted northern red oak seedlings in tree tubes in spring 2013: We love them (the trees and tubes)! We planted 50 red oak, about 24″ tall on Memorial Day. Most are 3′ – 4′ … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Feedback 2

Feedback continues to pour in from customers who planted spring of 2013 and before… along with some stunning photographs!  From a customer in IN who bought 5ft tree tubes for his trees and cut some in half for use on … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Feedback

I love this time of year, because this is when I hear back from a lot of the tree planters I spoke to in spring and get feedback on how their tree tubes worked.   I received this email from a … Continue reading

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