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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

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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

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Chinese chestnut in a tree tube

I love getting photos that customers take looking down a tree tube and tracking the progress of a seedling over time.  The only problem is that the tree tends to grow out the top of the tube so quickly that … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Question #137: Will my tree straighten out?

Sometimes trees coming screaming out the top of a tree tube so rapidly that they develop a significant bend or tilt.  The question then becomes:  Will the tree straighten out over time? Answer: Yes!  On April 11, 2014 a customer … Continue reading

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Tree tubes with PVC stakes withstand 80mph winds

A customer in Florida texted to let me know that while yesterday’s 80mph winds took out mature trees and power lines, they didn’t bother his tree tubes with pvc stakes!  Take a look: My customer sent a follow up text:   … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes on sawtooth oak: 20 months since planting

Yesterday a text message from a customer – my favorite kind of text message, the kind with a photo attached! The tree tube is 4ft tall, putting the tree at 9ft tall, 20 months after planting as an 18in seedling.  … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes: Chinese chestnuts produced in 3rd season since germination!

I have seen a lot of amazing growth in tree tubes in the 25 years that  I have been working with them, but this is astounding even to me… but it shows you what is possible… and how we have … Continue reading

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Tree Tubes: “So fast it’s scary”

This spring a longtime customer who has generally used tree tubes on sawtooth oaks and other oaks planted Chinese chestnuts from Mossy Oak’s Nativ Nurseries.  I texted him to ask how those chestnuts are doing.  He replied, “They’re doing good, … Continue reading

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Wilson Tree Tubes: Hog proof?

I am often asked how our tree tubes stand up to rooting by wild hogs.  I am usually a little hesitant to say that a plastic tube that weighs about 8 ounces – no matter how well constructed – can … Continue reading

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Watch your step!

While checking to the growth of his sawtooth oak and Chinese chestnut seedlings growing in tree tubes a customer in Florida met up with this dude: Let’s be careful out there folks!

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