Tag Archives: Tree shelters

Wilson Tree Tubes – No Hidden Costs

I have been writing a lot lately about some of the hidden costs involved when buying tree tubes. One of those hidden costs is tree tube stake length.  When comparing prices be sure you take this into account: a treeshelter … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes For Shrubs? You Bet!

4 foot and 5 foot Tree tubes clearly make sense if you are planting trees that you want to grow with a single main trunk – like oaks, American chestnut, black walnut, black cherry, etc. But what if you are … Continue reading

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Stem Caliper Growth In Tree Tubes

A customer emailed today with an excellent question:  Are you noticing that with getting the trees to grow faster because of the tubes they are more spindly and do not stand up to the wind as much, or does this problem seem to correct itself … Continue reading

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Tree Tube “How To” – When to remove your tree tubes

OK, so you plant your tree seedlings, protect them with Wilson Tree Tubes, and then watch (and we mean literally watch – you can see it happen) those trees grow out the top of the tubes faster than you ever … Continue reading

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Best Time To Remove Tree Tubes

One of the most frequently asked questions about tree tubes is:  “When should I remove them?” One of the most common mistakes tree tube users (including some university researchers over the years) have made is: Removing the treeshelters too soon.  … Continue reading

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Top Ten Tree Species For Tree Tubes

Try saying that 10 times fast! I thought this might be fun. After 21 years of marketing tree tubes, I thought I’d try my hand at a list of the top ten tree species on which people use tree tubes. … Continue reading

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What’s in a name? A tree tube by any other name would grow trees as fast

It’s funny how something that is essentially a very simply product – a cylindrical, translucent plastic tree tube meant to protect tree seedlings from deer and accelerate early growth – can go by so many different names, and the difference … Continue reading

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