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Tag Archives: Tree shelters
4, 5 or 6ft Tree Tubes – Choosing the right height
I have been working on a new, more coherent way to explain when to use 4, 5 or 6ft tree tubes. The traditional way that tree tube suppliers have explained how to choose the correct tree tube height is by … Continue reading
Tree Tube Stakes: PVC versus white oak
A customer from Kentucky called this morning to finalize his order for 4ft Tubex Combitube Plus Tree Tubes and PVC stakes. He was excited about two things: 1) The fact that he was getting the best tree tubes on the … Continue reading
Planting acorns, chestnuts and black walnuts from seed
It’s autumn and acorns, chestnuts and black walnuts – or, as I like to call them “future trees” – are starting to drop. I have been getting tons of calls lately from people interested in and planning to plant nuts … Continue reading
Why we can sell the best Tree Tube in the world for less – Part 37
We are so conditioned to think that we have to choose between price and quality that it’s sometimes hard to get people to understand that with Tubex Combitube Tree Tubes you don’t have to sacrifice either price or quality – … Continue reading
Tree Tubes for American Chestnuts
The tragic demise of the American chestnut tree and the Herculean efforts of several dedicated groups of professionals and passionate laymen to restore it are stories that I have told several times. I have also made clear how much Wilson … Continue reading
Tree tube testimonials continue to pour in
I received this email today from a customer who had planted black walnuts in his garden and then transplanted them to various parts of his property this past spring: The tree tubes are working great. I had enough left over … Continue reading
Oak seedlings emerge from 6 foot Tree Tubes in first season!
In 2012 we re-introduced 6 foot tree tubes in response to a growing number of reports of deer getting up on their hind legs and browsing trees emerging from 5 foot tree tubes. I sold 6 foot tree tubes back … Continue reading
Tree Tubes increase total biomass growth
In the early days of tree tube use in the USA – back in the dark ages of unvented, small diameter tree tubes and before we introduced PVC tree tube stakes – one criticism of tree tubes was that they … Continue reading
Saga of a tree planter – a sad but very common story
As part of an email exchange with a customer about using tree tubes on conifers (about which more in a minute) he shared an oft-repeated (but no less sad) story: Along with white & red pines, about 7 years ago, … Continue reading
PVC Tree Tube Stakes stand up to high winds… again
I have been designing and marketing tree tubes for 23 years. The biggest headache was always finding a stake material worthy of the tree tubes. Eventually enough customers bragged about using 1/2″ schedule 40 PVC for stakes that I had … Continue reading