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Re: tree tubes [Re: PAlltheway] #8040479 01/05/24 12:14 AM 01/05/24 12:14 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	Originally Posted by PAlltheway I’ve found better success by drilling half inch holes here and there in each tube I thought about doing that to allow it to vent a little--just be careful the holes are above a mouses level.

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8040496 01/05/24 12:31 AM 01/05/24 12:31 AM
Joined: Dec 2023 Posts: 224 Minnesota B BeLiSlE330 trapper
BeLiSlE330 trapper B Joined: Dec 2023 Posts: 224 Minnesota	Very smart! Keeps deer and other animals rubbing them or peeling the bark off of them. Nice work! I have done that before! "No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -Thomas Jefferson

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8041372 01/05/24 11:52 PM 01/05/24 11:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	I wonder if mice can climb those white plastic corrugated tree tubes Last edited by AJE; 01/05/24 11:54 PM.

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8041467 01/06/24 07:30 AM 01/06/24 07:30 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,154 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper
Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,154 Michigan	I buy tubes with holes in them I have never had mice in tubes yet

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8051066 01/16/24 12:37 AM 01/16/24 12:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	https://terratech.net/products/seedling-protection/progro-tubes-36-height-lite/ These tubes say they increase temperature within the tube. Is that really a good thing, considering the hot dry weather many of us have faced the past ~couple years?

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8067588 02/03/24 04:19 AM 02/03/24 04:19 AM
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AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Trapper Dahlgren I buy tubes with holes in them I have never had mice in tubes yet I can see how the fact that your tubes breathe from the side could be a benefit

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8087821 02/27/24 11:10 PM 02/27/24 11:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	A problem I have had with tree tubes on occasion is when the tree starts growing above the tube, deer seem to notice it easier, as if the leaves are being served to them on a platter. Last edited by AJE; 02/27/24 11:10 PM.

Re: tree tubes [Re: AJE] #8087877 02/28/24 12:24 AM 02/28/24 12:24 AM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 16,660 Oakland, MS yotetrapper30 trapper
yotetrapper30 trapper Joined: May 2011 Posts: 16,660 Oakland, MS	Originally Posted by AJE https://terratech.net/products/seedling-protection/progro-tubes-36-height-lite/ These tubes say they increase temperature within the tube. Is that really a good thing, considering the hot dry weather many of us have faced the past ~couple years? Not sure but they're used down here where the avg temp from about April to October is 90 degrees with 90% humidity. ~~Proud Ultra MAGA~~

Re: tree tubes [Re: yotetrapper30] #8089586 03/01/24 01:57 AM 03/01/24 01:57 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	Originally Posted by yotetrapper30 Originally Posted by AJE https://terratech.net/products/seedling-protection/progro-tubes-36-height-lite/ These tubes say they increase temperature within the tube. Is that really a good thing, considering the hot dry weather many of us have faced the past ~couple years? Not sure but they're used down here where the avg temp from about April to October is 90 degrees with 90% humidity. Ok. We have decent humidity too, but not that high

Re: tree tubes [Re: AJE] #8089711 03/01/24 08:49 AM 03/01/24 08:49 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 330 North Central Kansas O Orlando trapper
Orlando trapper O Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 330 North Central Kansas	I have no problem with deer browsing trees in tubes as long as the tubes are 5' tall. Nature is reckless of the individual. Aldo Leupold.

Re: tree tubes [Re: Orlando] #8091261 03/03/24 01:33 AM 03/03/24 01:33 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Orlando I have no problem with deer browsing trees in tubes as long as the tubes are 5' tall. Do you put your new seedings in 5' tubes?

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8091350 03/03/24 08:54 AM 03/03/24 08:54 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,154 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper
Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,154 Michigan	yes

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8094848 03/07/24 10:24 PM 03/07/24 10:24 PM
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AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Trapper Dahlgren yes Ok. Do you ever have issues with critters pushing the tube over?

Re: tree tubes [Re: Orlando] #8120697 04/13/24 12:39 AM 04/13/24 12:39 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Orlando I have no problem with deer browsing trees in tubes as long as the tubes are 5' tall. What kind of post do you use for a 5' tube?

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8120765 04/13/24 07:31 AM 04/13/24 07:31 AM
Joined: Jul 2022 Posts: 1,034 Va S Spike369 trapper
Spike369 trapper S Joined: Jul 2022 Posts: 1,034 Va	4 ft Electric fence post

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8120768 04/13/24 07:34 AM 04/13/24 07:34 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 330 North Central Kansas O Orlando trapper
Orlando trapper O Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 330 North Central Kansas	30" rebar driven half way into the ground, then slide a 5' x 1/2" grey pvc tube over that and zip tie the PVC to the tree tube. This lets the tree tube flex in the wind and build stem strength. Nature is reckless of the individual. Aldo Leupold.

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8120775 04/13/24 07:49 AM 04/13/24 07:49 AM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,321 PA P panaxman trapper
panaxman trapper P Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,321 PA	Here in SE PA I used 1000’s of tubes for silvicuture, riparian buffers etc…. Without them, deer destroy the trees. They do kill bluebirds without the netting on top. I have freed numerous bluebirds and removed enough dead ones. Meadow vole and mice do get under them girdle the bark. During floods the tubes float down into the Chesapeake Bay, and the MD guys get (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman). They work well, but still need maintenance every 60 days during the growing season. Gotta watch the vines like bittersweet climbing up them.

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8120809 04/13/24 08:41 AM 04/13/24 08:41 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,154 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper
Trapper Dahlgren OP trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,154 Michigan	I use rebar cut a 20 piece into 4 pieces

Re: tree tubes [Re: Trapper Dahlgren] #8120828 04/13/24 09:18 AM 04/13/24 09:18 AM
Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 1,773 Iowa C CTRAPS trapper
CTRAPS trapper C Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 1,773 Iowa	We have stopped using the full length or 5' tree tubes. We found that the seedlings grew fast, but they were spindly or leggy. We now cut down our tubes in to about 18" lengths to put over seedlings to keep the rabbits and other critters from girdleing them. We then put 2" x 4" welded wire fencing about 3' tall and fastened to 2 steel fence posts around the seedings. The fencing is raised up about a foot off the ground, so we can gain a little more height for deer browising protection. We are not planting as many trees as Trapper Dahlgren, or others have, so our method is more practical for us. Life Member: ITA, IBA & NRA. Member of SA, FTA & NTA

Re: tree tubes [Re: CTRAPS] #8120897 04/13/24 11:37 AM 04/13/24 11:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,116 WI - Wisconsin	Originally Posted by CTRAPS We have stopped using the full length or 5' tree tubes. We found that the seedlings grew fast, but they were spindly or leggy. We now cut down our tubes in to about 18" lengths to put over seedlings to keep the rabbits and other critters from girdleing them. We then put 2" x 4" welded wire fencing about 3' tall and fastened to 2 steel fence posts around the seedings. The fencing is raised up about a foot off the ground, so we can gain a little more height for deer browising protection. We are not planting as many trees as Trapper Dahlgren, or others have, so our method is more practical for us. When you end up removing the steel fence post doesn't it damage the roots? Maybe you remove the cross piece at the bottom Last edited by AJE; 04/13/24 11:38 AM.

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