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Tree Tube Results

As the 2013 growing season winds up a lot of tree planters are out in the field doing some autumn weed control and taking stock of the year’s results… which is great for me because I get a lot of … Continue reading

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American chestnut trees in vented tree tubes: “Straight as an arrow”

A customer in Mississippi used our vented 5ft tree tubes on a few dozen American chestnut seedlings (that he had started from seed in root pruning pots).  He had been told by several experts within the chestnut restoration community that … Continue reading

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Amazing what a little rain will do!

Customers in the Midwest who suffered through the drought of 2012 saw the benefit of tree tubes in terms of increased survival – in many cases tree tubes made the difference between a high level of success and complete failure. … Continue reading

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Don’t remove tree tubes too soon, when the job is only half done

I have been getting a lot of questions lately – and seeing a lot of online discussion on sportsmen forums – about when to remove tree tubes.  These questions/discussions are typically along the lines of:  “My trees quickly grew out … Continue reading

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No tube no growth

I received a text yesterday with a photo and the simple message:  “No tube no growth.”  The photo shows a sawtooth oak that was planted about 3 months ago without a tree tube.  The black pot is shown to provide … Continue reading

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“They are shooting out every day in these tree tubes!”

Got a text message from a customer in the southeast who planted sawtooth oaks that he planted as acorns in pots last year and then in the ground with tree tubes this March.  Keeping in mind that the trees were … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes: “A World of Difference”

Spoke to a customer in upstate New York, yet another repeat customer from last year.  2012 was the first year he tried tree tubes.  His call to order tree tubes again was a testimonial in and of itself, but he … Continue reading

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Installing Tree Tubes – the easiest part of tree planting

I received this email this morning from a customer in Pennsylvania who coordinated a large municipal tree planting project using tree tubes on seedling trees (thus saving the city a pile of money are large planting stock and ensuring better … Continue reading

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Top 5 mistakes made by first time tree planters

Note:  I’m skipping the most obvious and egregious of tree planting errors (not using Tree Tubes!).  I’m taking it for granted that if you’re visiting this site you know better! 1) Planting more than you can tend properly (a.k.a. biting … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes: Measuring tree growth daily!

How great is this?  I just got a text from a customer with these photo and these words: … Meaning “this tree will be out the top of the tree tube tomorrow.” This is awesome in about 50 different ways.  … Continue reading

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