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24 THE RURAL VOICE
the outside. The edge is overlapped
and inserted and fastened with three
ties that hold the sheet in a tube
shape.
As before, place the stake on the
windward side of the planting spot.
Plant a tree and place the tube over it.
Fasten the tube to the stake with ties.
While MNR observes that Tree
Pro is more difficult and time
consuming to assemble and difficult
to push into the soil unless the soil
has been worked up, it
may offer advantages
because they can be
partially opened in the
fall to allow the trees to
adapt to cold weather,
which may reduce frost
damage.
MNR advises using
only top-quality nursery
stock with the shelters.
Order 10 to 20 per cent
more trees than needed
so that trees with the
smallest root systems can
be discarded.
Tree shelters should
be higher than the level at
which animals browse in
your area. Shorter -length shelters will
protect trees from rabbit clipping and
rodent girdling but if deer are a
problem, the shelters need to be at
Traditionally, evergreen plantations
have been used to create the
conditions for establishing
hardwoods.
least 1.5 meters tall.
As the trees grow out the top of
the tube, remove the plastic netting to
prevent deforming the stem of the
tree.
The shelters are designed to
protect the trees for about seven
years. They should not be removed
as the trees grow because
the trees will not be stable
until they are larger.
Eventually, the sunlight
will degrade the plastic
and the trees will outgrow
them, breaking them.
Survival rates using the
shelters are typically more
than 90 per cent, Faught
says.
Locally the shelters have
been used along some
Bruce County highways
and the Sydenham
Wildlife Club has been
experimenting with them.
Rae McIntyre was so
pleased with the results
that he has ordered 200 shelters. He
plans to plant 150 apple trees this fall
and use another 50 on established
two-year-old whips.0
Jim Faught: five years of
trials have proven the
technology.