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<blockquote data-quote="13pt" data-source="post: 5127749" data-attributes="member: 19602"><p>I have 13 Dunstan's I planted in the fall of 2019. I highly recommend the growth tubes. My tubes are 4 ft tall, and up until this spring made it easy to drop a frost cloth over the trees during early and late frosts and freezes, but now the trees are too tall. I found a really good breathable frost cloth and left them on the growth tubes the entire first winter for extra protection…worked out great! I work hard on weed control and keeping them watered during extended dry periods. They don't recommend adding fertilizer the first year, so this being my second year I've started fertilizing and it's definitely showing. Keep an eye out for those Japanese beetles. Last year they covered up one of my trees and ate all the leaves off that one before I seen them. The tree is doing fine this year, but it definitely stunted the growth last year compared to the others. I now spray them with Seven Dust twice in the spring and that's working great. In the fall last year the deer ate all the leaves off what they could reach above the growth tubes. No damage done but I'd just rather they didn't do that. Well, literally yesterday I was doing my weekly check and now have a new problem. The deer ate one of my trees down all the way to the top of the growth tube…limbs and all <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😡" title="Pouting face :rage:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" data-shortname=":rage:" />. This is not good. I'm looking for an extension I can add to the top of the growth tubes that will add another 12" or so before they damage anymore trees. I know a cage would solve this problem, but the cage keeps me from being able to closely examine the trees and do other things more easily. So, anyone not using cages, just be aware deer will completely chew down an entire tree! At least the growth tube kept the bottom 4 ft intact, and that tree was about 7 ft tall. I mean heck…there's a one acre clover patch right next to my trees. If they don't behave I'll take away their clover patch!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="13pt, post: 5127749, member: 19602"] I have 13 Dunstan’s I planted in the fall of 2019. I highly recommend the growth tubes. My tubes are 4 ft tall, and up until this spring made it easy to drop a frost cloth over the trees during early and late frosts and freezes, but now the trees are too tall. I found a really good breathable frost cloth and left them on the growth tubes the entire first winter for extra protection…worked out great! I work hard on weed control and keeping them watered during extended dry periods. They don’t recommend adding fertilizer the first year, so this being my second year I’ve started fertilizing and it’s definitely showing. Keep an eye out for those Japanese beetles. Last year they covered up one of my trees and ate all the leaves off that one before I seen them. The tree is doing fine this year, but it definitely stunted the growth last year compared to the others. I now spray them with Seven Dust twice in the spring and that’s working great. In the fall last year the deer ate all the leaves off what they could reach above the growth tubes. No damage done but I’d just rather they didn’t do that. Well, literally yesterday I was doing my weekly check and now have a new problem. The deer ate one of my trees down all the way to the top of the growth tube…limbs and all 😡. This is not good. I’m looking for an extension I can add to the top of the growth tubes that will add another 12” or so before they damage anymore trees. I know a cage would solve this problem, but the cage keeps me from being able to closely examine the trees and do other things more easily. So, anyone not using cages, just be aware deer will completely chew down an entire tree! At least the growth tube kept the bottom 4 ft intact, and that tree was about 7 ft tall. I mean heck…there’s a one acre clover patch right next to my trees. If they don’t behave I’ll take away their clover patch! [/QUOTE]
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