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Chinese Chestnut Progress Report: 40 days of growth

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Admin

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 →

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Exploding chestnuts

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Admin

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 →

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Chinese chestnuts in tree tubes: “Another one popped out today”

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Admin

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

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Admin

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?

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Admin

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: Chinese chestnuts produced in 3rd season since germination!

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Admin

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”

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Admin

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?

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Admin

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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Old Home Week

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Admin

I love spring.  There are so many – an ever increasing number – of guys (and gals) that call me every spring to order tree tubes.  (I always say I have two kinds of customers:  Repeat customers and customers who … Continue reading →

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Old Friends

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Admin

I love this time of year!  Every spring I hear from customers/friends who call year after year to order tree tubes for the spring’s projects. In addition to getting repeat orders for tree tubes, I get updates on how previous … Continue reading →

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