Chestnuts
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. I always lose a handful but done right, they are vigorous trees!!I was going to hold some over until spring. I have chestnuts and dco's in half gallon pots from what I did from seed in the spring. I was thinking of burying them in the pot, cage in my garden so I could plant them as a root ball with their dirt next spring out of the pots. A few pots are root trappers and others are root makers that moisture should drain through. Think that will work fine or should i take them out of the pots holding them over in the ground?
If you put them in the ground in pots, etc - probably best case. Very similar to planting them so likely just fine. The times I’ve had issues on chestnut is keeping them in my garage. I’ve insulated them & kept moisture right & they didn’t do the best. It might have been that I didn’t insulate well enough & got too cold - froze roots too badly. Dunno what it was but several attempts like that had mediocre results.
Yup.... tis the season.
Daver
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As far as protecting the trunks...the tubes that I ordered came with a plastic/rubberized mesh sheath that was probably 8" long. I placed that over the tree, protecting the base of the trunk(whip), prior to putting the protective tube over the trunk.
I am sure that apparatus was intended to prevent rodent damage to the trunk. But how effective will that thing be? Should I upgrade to a screen or something else?
I am sure that apparatus was intended to prevent rodent damage to the trunk. But how effective will that thing be? Should I upgrade to a screen or something else?
That was for top of tube.
Copenhagen Tob
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So blue birds don't nest in it
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Daver
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OK then...it's too bad there wasn't a sheet of paper included telling me that. Harrumph.
I guess I will be revisiting all of these and changing that. Should I also add something to base of the trunk to discourage chewage? If so, what?
I don't on tubed trees. Haven't had an issue.... yet.
You could try aluminum window screen?
I have found a few girdled trees with mice nests in them but it is rare when using 5ft, “slick” tubes…I would avoid the tubes with ridges as it seems those may be easier to climb.
I would say it’s very likely. So far I’ve been using one stake but have also been mulching them all because it helps keep them from spinning (kinda locks them in place). My hope is that they can’t dig through the mulch as easy to get at the bottom of the tube. It’s a lot of work to mulch them all but with the added benefit of moisture retention it’s worth loading up my 3 yr old to get loads of free mulch at the IC landfill, plus mama gets a break.
