Re: Tree Tubes and Missing Messages

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• To: M*@ucdavis.edu
• Subject: Re: Tree Tubes and Missing Messages
• From: M*@aol.com
• Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 03:21:10 -0400 (EDT)

Jane wrote:

>Tree tubes in England are opaque plastic or perspex cylinders ( I have only
>seen them from a car) which are around 2 ft high and are fitted round young
>trees .They [snip] have three main functions...they protect the
>saplings from rabbit attack,from humans overenthusiastically wielding
>strimmers close to them and from weed -strangulation.I imagine they are
>available in Ireland too though I don't recall seeing them here.
>Jane
>Ireland ..cool ,calm,,cloudy

They also keep saplings from drying out and protect them from wind - and
probably let people know that they are *planted* things, not weeds that need
to be plucked.

I've read of them being used when volunteers do mass plantings to replace
logged trees or for erosion control after fires, when watering and
maintenance is not easy or convenient.

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