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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

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Catalpa seedlings emerge from 5ft Tree Tubes in first year!

I have received hundreds of them over the years but emails like this never, ever get old!  From a customer in northern Illinois: “Just a quick update.  I planted Catalpa tree seeds in my house in early March.  I transplanted … Continue reading

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Ordering more Tree Tubes = a good thing!

Every spring it happens dozens if not hundreds of times:  A customer orders 100, 200 or 500 tree tubes… uses them… loves them… and decides she/he needs 50 or 100 more. I happened again this morning.  The customer emailed to … Continue reading

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Poll Result Update

We recently added a poll to our tree tubes page, asking folks the primary objective of their tree planting project.  The results to date: Wildlife habitat – 37% Food crops – 21% Ecological restoration – 16% Landscaping – 13% Timber … Continue reading

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Best way to start a local drought: Plant trees!

It never fails.  The year you undertake a large scale tree planting project sets records for heat and low rainfall. A day after receiving the email from a Kansas customer featured in the previous post I called another Kansas customer … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Testimonials – Success despite drought and scorching temp’s

Emails like this one are the reason I love my job so much.  This is from a customer in Kansas, which is currently suffering through record high temperatures and record low rainfall. “I ordered tree tubes and weed barrier fabric … Continue reading

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Summer Time Is… Tree Tube Time!

I have been amazed at the number of orders that have continued to pour in for Tree Tubes!  In the olden days (late 80s and 90s) my June, July and August were quiet times for tree tube guys like me.  … Continue reading

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Planting Trees From Seed – It’s Catching On!

The last couple of years I have been (very pleasantly!) surprised by the number of folks ordering tree tubes to protect trees they started themselves from seed.  Yesterday it was a customer from Wisconsin who is planting some hickory seedlings … Continue reading

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Same old conversation – with another happy ending

I have in the tree tube business for 23 years.  In that time there are two variants of the same conversation that I have had approximately 24,937 times – and counting. Variant #1 – I grew up on this farm … Continue reading

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Prairie & oak savannah restoration with Tree Tubes

Photographs continue to roll in from the field… and every one of them makes my day!  Here are a couple shots of Wilson Tree Tubes in an oak savannah restoration project by a customer in Illinois. Tree tubes are the … Continue reading

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