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I just ordered 75 swamp white oak and 25 wild plum from the state nursery. I'm a little sticker shocked at the price of tubing the oaks.

-I've read that plum dont need to be tubed. Thoughts on that?

-Anyone have experience with using corrugated tube versus a tree tube? Im sure tubing will give a better result.

How about something like this? This seems much more friendly on the pocketbook.
https://www.amleo.com/leonard-trunk-shield-protectors-25-per-bundle/p/VP-AGXXXX
 
I just ordered 75 swamp white oak and 25 wild plum from the state nursery. I'm a little sticker shocked at the price of tubing the oaks.

-I've read that plum dont need to be tubed. Thoughts on that?

-Anyone have experience with using corrugated tube versus a tree tube? Im sure tubing will give a better result.

How about something like this? This seems much more friendly on the pocketbook.
https://www.amleo.com/leonard-trunk-shield-protectors-25-per-bundle/p/VP-AGXXXX
100 tubes …. Even if u at $5-10 & Not end of world.
I save $ & pull t posts from around farm & then get cheap fiberglass rods for other side. Lots of extra reusable zip ties. Use netting too & I even zip tie that on so don’t come off. Spend the $ & do em
Right. Tubes are pry less than $5. Guessing. Get these….
Regular miracle tubes. Get extra reusable zip ties & these too. & I’d pry do t posts. Do It right once. Or do it wrong once & once again to finally get it right.

On plum…. My ideal method, IMO…. Cut tubes in half. Then- make a cage out of woven wire so deer can’t chew em. One more t-post to cage around.
All this sounds like a lot… it’s a bit of a pain at first but really- pretty easy. Like, 100 … 1 or 2 days and u will have em all done.
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I’ve ordered tree tubes from Mike Hamilton! He’s a good guy, and gets the tubes out fast ! I bought 100 from him for my .. Iowa & Missouri tree projects .
 
Im going to order from Mike Hamilton with Timber Management, seems to be a really good price from what I have found.

Think getting a dibble/planting bar is worth it or a shovel will do just fine? Im planting bare root seedlings from the state nursery.
 
Depending where you are...and timing of your trees (I have 150 coming in a couple weeks) you can borrow dibble bar.

I didn't use tubing on mine and they seemed to do ok. Will lose some but always keep a rubbing post they can hone in on.
 
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Im going to order from Mike Hamilton with Timber Management, seems to be a really good price from what I have found.

Think getting a dibble/planting bar is worth it or a shovel will do just fine? Im planting bare root seedlings from the state nursery.
I placed a very large order of tree tubes from Timber Management last year and will be using some this spring as well. Pretty certain I will have quite a few 5' tubes left over (unused) that I would sell for better price than Timber Management is selling them for. They are 5' tubes. Let me know if you are interested - they are in Van Buren County.

Also, I do think a dibble bar is worth the investment as long as the trees are fairly small and shallow rooted. I've found the oaks often times have too long of root structure for the dibble bar (and you don't want to install them with the roots un a J-shape.
 
Also, I do think a dibble bar is worth the investment as long as the trees are fairly small and shallow rooted. I've found the oaks often times have too long of root structure for the dibble bar (and you don't want to install them with the roots un a J-shape.
I've used a dibble bar and maybe didn't know how to use it. You would think it'd be pretty straight forward. I'd step it in, rock it back and forth, remove it and put the tree in, stomp it shut. When I rocked it back and forth, it made a cavity down near the tip of the bar (pivoted at the middle of the dibble bar) and another cone at the top. I always wondered if I was getting the lower air pocket collapsed when stomping things in. Is there a youtube video on proper technique for dibble bar planting? Do you stab it at an angle, pivot it once, insert tree and stomp?

Last trees I planted I used a spade.

Used to plant tons of trees hoping some survived, gave up on that approach. Plant fewer now and spend the time caging and coddling.
 
I placed a very large order of tree tubes from Timber Management last year and will be using some this spring as well. Pretty certain I will have quite a few 5' tubes left over (unused) that I would sell for better price than Timber Management is selling them for. They are 5' tubes. Let me know if you are interested - they are in Van Buren County.

Also, I do think a dibble bar is worth the investment as long as the trees are fairly small and shallow rooted. I've found the oaks often times have too long of root structure for the dibble bar (and you don't want to install them with the roots un a J-shape.
Im not over that way, otherwise I'd take you up on it. I've already ordered by now too
 
I've used a dibble bar and maybe didn't know how to use it. You would think it'd be pretty straight forward. I'd step it in, rock it back and forth, remove it and put the tree in, stomp it shut. When I rocked it back and forth, it made a cavity down near the tip of the bar (pivoted at the middle of the dibble bar) and another cone at the top. I always wondered if I was getting the lower air pocket collapsed when stomping things in. Is there a youtube video on proper technique for dibble bar planting? Do you stab it at an angle, pivot it once, insert tree and stomp?

Last trees I planted I used a spade.

Used to plant tons of trees hoping some survived, gave up on that approach. Plant fewer now and spend the time caging and coddling.
You got it but go behind initial bar placement about 3-4 inches and do same thing to "close" tree hole. It just use boot method, just closes that top "trench"
 
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