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Tag Archives: Tree shelters
“A sea of tree tubes”
A customer emailed over the weekend with a photo of his property. This customer does something I love. He orders some tubes every spring. Yes, I love the repeat business. But what I mean is that I love that he … Continue reading
Great Tree Tube Trail Cam Photos!
Talking about making my day! An old customer (sorry – young guy, long time customer!) in Tennessee sent me a batch of photos taken by a trail cam in a wildlife clearing where he planted Chinese chestnut trees and protected … Continue reading
Tree Tube Testimonial #6,298
OK, I don’t really have any idea how many tree tube testimonials I have been sent over the last 25 years. I love count long ago… which isn’t to say that I ever get tired of hearing from happy customers! … Continue reading
Chinese Chestnut Progress Report: 40 days of growth
A customer has been sending me photos about every three weeks showing the progress of one of his Chinese chestnut trees. This tree was purchased and planted this past spring (2014) as a 20″ tall seedling from Mossy Oak’s Nativ … Continue reading
Tree Tubes: Straightening Out
Sometimes trees grow so rapidly in tree tubes that they bend over – sometimes quite sharply – after emerging from the tubes. So what do you do about it? Answer: nothing, nothing at all. This past spring a customer texted … Continue reading
Tree tube results after two growing seasons
Late last week I received an email from a tree tube customer in Mississippi updating me on the progress of his trees (my favorite kind of email!). He said: “Here’s a couple (photos) from about a month ago (August)..excuse my … Continue reading
Phase 2: Putting on girth
A customer in Florida planting a bunch of sawtooth oak seedlings in spring, 2013. They were about 24 inches tall at planting. The vast majority of them came screaming out the tops of the tubes last year, most of them … Continue reading
Exploding chestnuts
A customer has been sending me a photo every time one of the Nativ Nurseries Chinese chestnut seedlings he planted this past spring emerges from a 4ft tree tube. Well, “emerges” isn’t the word he uses. His text said, “Another … Continue reading
Tale of Two Trees (Moral of the story: Plant small to grow big)
In spring, 2009 a gentleman in Kentucky planted trees both in his woods and in his newly landscaped yard. In both cases he planted red oak (Quercus rubra) – so already he gets bonus points for bucking the anti-oak bias … Continue reading
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