![]() ![]() Treeshelters) shield planted nuts from animal damage, and create an ideal low-stress micro-climate for growth. The satisfaction of playing a role in the natural process of regeneration.īLUE-X® Tree Tubes (a.k.a.Direct seeded nuts often outgrow transplanted seedlings! Root system develops naturally on site, with no transplant shock or disturbance.You know the characteristics of the mother tree but do not know the source of the pollen or how the combined genes will manifest themselves, but it definitely gives a better chance of producing a superior tree as compared to buying containerized seedlings. Planting nuts gathered from a local tree doesn’t guarantee your new tree will have the same advantages. Ability to collect & plant seed from local trees that you know are well adapted to your soil and climatic conditions.There are many advantages to direct seeding: To learn more about direct seeding, and seed collection and storage please Click Here. Opting to go with direct seeding and the use of a BLUE-X® tree tube will increase your chances of establishing a stronger, healthier successful planting at accelerated growth rates. This method can produce far superior trees with faster growth rates than potted or containerized trees. This encourages rapid root growth and allows the natural progression for establishing your new tree. By utilizing the direct seeding method eliminates the transplanting process and avoiding any shock allowing the developing tree to establish biological transition of its roots system naturally into the surrounding soil. Letting a seed root naturally allows undisturbed root development. Direct seeding into the landscape of species like oak, walnut, chestnut and others that are “root dominant” offers valuable benefits to your tree. Our virgin resins do not contain impurities that would otherwise cause the sleeve to photo-degrade prematurely or alter sunlight transmission.ĭirect seeding with BLUE-X® can be the most effective way to establish new trees. ![]() Maintaining consistency in opacity and UV inhibitors is very important which is why we only utilize virgin resins in the production of BLUE-X® grow tubes. BLUE-X® performs like a small greenhouse on each vine or orchard tree. We only utilize virgin resins for our poly sleeve so there are no impurities, this allows our poly sleeve to maintain the perfect balance of sunlight penetration or opacity through the tube wall allowing consistent scattered light transmission to your vines.īLUE-X® grow tubes are engineered to selectively transmit the perfect balance of light waves to your vines and orchard trees. Our Poly Sleeve (Part-B) is manufactured from environmentally sensitive (low-density polyethylene) (LDPE) and is #4 recyclable. PAR is the part of the light spectrum most used by plants. (Part-A), is a post industrial recycled, transparent blue polyester film, (PET) (Poly Ethylene Terephthalate). This blue film admits more (PAR), ( photosynthetically active radiation), than opaque polypropylene. When it comes to grafted orchard trees, using a grow tube height that is at or below the graft union is recommended.īLUE-X® grow tubes consist of two parts. Take your time and use extra care when spraying using any tube shorter than 24”- inches. If you choose to use herbicides, we recommend that you spray on days with very little to no wind. We recommend using weed mats or rolls to control surrounding herbaceous weeds in this situation. We understand that in some cases budget restraints may be an issue for some and that our 15”- inch tube is very budget priced and suited for some of these applications. Using a grow tube height shorter than 24” leaves very little room for human error, mechanical booms or hand sprayers when using any type of herbicides. When considering using herbicides we recommend a minimum grow tube height of 24”- inches (600mm) or more to ensure effective spray protection. This will allow enough space between the vine emergence out the top of the tube and the first cordon wire, allowing you to tie off to the cordon without making too drastic or sharp of a bend. We recommend using a grow tube that is at least 4” to 6” inches below the height of the first fruiting wire, (also called a cordon wire). There are certain things to consider when choosing a grow tube for your vines: ![]()
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