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Tree tubes (treeshelters)
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Plantra Tree Tubes For successful establishment of broadleaf trees
Plantra treeshelters- Tree growing timeline with tree tubes
  • Protect seedling trees (and direct-planted acorns and nuts) from animal damage
  • Yes! You can put a 5ft Plantra Tree Tube over a tiny seedling!
  • Increase survival and accelerate growth by reducing moisture stress
  • Make weed control fast & easy by making it easy to locate your seedlings amidst the grass and brush, and by shielding them from herbicide spray and mower damage
Plantra Tree Tubes last for approximately 6-8 years. We recommend you leave them on until the trees reach approximately 3” diameter at the base… which will happen a lot faster than you think!

Which Plantra Tree Tube is right for you?

Plantra tree tubes- O style tree shelter Plantra treeshelter- C-style tree tube

O-style Tree Tubes are cylindrical in shape, a circular (O-shaped) tube. The advantages are fast installation & large diameter for optimal growth. O-style tubes are generally preferred by tree planters.

Our best-selling product is the 5ft Vented O-style Tree Tube.

  • Most complete protection from deer browse
  • Vented for optimal growth, and so trees harden off for winter. If you are north of the Mason Dixon line and need a 4 or 5ft tube, you definitely need the vented O-style tube.

Our 2nd best selling product is the 4ft Vented O-style Tree Tube.

  • Gets your trees off to a great start – a great choice if budget limitations mean you need to choose between protecting fewer trees with a 5ft tube or more trees with a 4ft tube
  • Allows branching at 4ft
  • Vented for proper hardening off
  • If you have deer, you will likely need to spray emerging trees with Deer Guard™ to help them grow past the deer browse line

If deer are not a problem, or for shrubs you want to get started and later treat with Deer Guard, 2ft and 3ft O-style tubes will do the trick.

C-style Tree Tubes are slit lengthwise, and the two edges are overlapped and fastened to the stake. They are more time-consuming to install, and provide a smaller growing diameter for the tree. Most tree planters favor the O-style Tree Tube, C-style tubes have a following among planters who:

  • Are planting vineyards or orchards and want to easily remove and reuse the tubes after successfully establishing vines or trees & training them to the trellis
  • Want to join 2 tubes together to make a "double wide" tree tube with extra growing volume
  • Plan to remove and re-use the tubes on other shrubs or trees (especially fast growing species)

If deer are not a problem, or for shrubs you want to get started and later treat with Deer Guard™, 1.5ft, 2ft, 2.5ft and 3ft C-style tubes will do the trick.

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