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1/2″ PVC Tree Tube Stakes – the cat’s meow!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Admin

The idea of using ½” schedule 40 PVC conduit for tree tube stakes is gaining converts every day.  I received this email from a customer over the weekend: “You’re definitely right recommending the PVC stakes.” I’m marking this date on … Continue reading →

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California Native Oak Restoration, Springville, CA

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Admin

There are many obstacles to re-establishing California’s gorgeous native oaks:  Livestock, compacted soils, invasive/exotic grasses and other weed competition, restrictions or impracticality of using fire (an oak’s best friend) as a management tool, and high deer populations, to name a … Continue reading →

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Repeat orders – instantly!

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Admin

I am used to repeat orders and repeat business.  Once tree planters go through the painful and frustrating process of planting trees over and over again and then finally hear about Tree Tubes, they always have such a positive experience … Continue reading →

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20 inches of growth on sawtooth oak since March 1

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Admin

A customer just called from the Florida panhandle.  Not to order anything, he was just busting to tell me about his trees.  He planted about 100 sawtooth oak seedlings on March 1st.  He covered 99 of them with tree tubes … Continue reading →

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Tree Tubes: 8 inches of growth and the growing season hasn’t really started yet!

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Admin

Yesterday I got an email from a tree tube customer in Mississippi, with this photo attached: This bur oak seedling (along with several hundred like it) was planted in late February, 2013.  It has already grown 8 inches this spring, … Continue reading →

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Tree Tubes: Winning over skeptics since 1979

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Admin

This will happen:  You will buy tree tubes to protect your newly planted seedlings.  You will install them in your field or yard.  They will attract comment from friends and neighbors – things like, “What are those things?”  And, “They … Continue reading →

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Tree Tubes for drought relief

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Admin

A customer in Illinois emailed me yesterday: I have been very happy with the tree tubes I purchased last year.  I came back to your company because your prices are competitive and you took the time to provide helpful information … Continue reading →

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Sunlight = Success… so why plant for failure?

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Admin

When you think about it, Q-tips are a very strange product.  The box says don’t use them in the ear canal.  Your doctor will tell you not to use them in the ear canal.  And what does everyone do with … Continue reading →

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Tree Tubes Protect Seedlings From Cattle

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Admin

I am excited to be working with a group near Springville, CA to re-establish native California oaks on a ranch-turned-natural preserve. Valley (California white), coast live, and blue oaks are being planted as pre-sprouted acorns.  Project managers and – more … Continue reading →

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Spring 2013 Sales On Pace For Record

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Admin

Wow!  January 2012 was really busy and broke all previous records for tree tube sales, but that was in part because of the very mild winter throughout much of the country.  It’s funny how when winter weather is mild people … Continue reading →

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