BLUE-X ® Grow Tubes are shipped flat and can be quickly assembled and installed into the field. A BLUE-X ® grow tube blocks some of the transmission of harmful UV rays while sheltering trees, vines and plants from excessive wind and protecting them from chemical sprays and animal browse reducing environmental stress. Designed to protect seedlings and accelerate early growth, Blue-X Tree Shelters feature patented two-piece construction and create a beneficial microclimate. The tube is usually anchored with a 36-inch bamboo stake. This helps boost critical early root development into the surrounding soils helping to increase stem and trunk diameters and overall growth rates. The protector that is currently the most popular in our area is a light blue, semi-translucent plastic tube (18 inches high X 4 inches diameter) made by Norplex. Our grow tube is engineered to allow the proper balance of light waves and temperature at important early stages of biological transition. BLUE-X ® grow tubes enable your trees, vines, and plants to make full use of nature’s beneficial blue light, providing optimal growing conditions for strong, vigorous, healthy growth. Our grow tubes feature a patented two-piece construction that is designed to protect young vines and seedlings and accelerate early growth rates at sustained even root-to-shoot growth ratios. Grow Tubes, also known as tree tubes or tree shelters create a beneficial microclimate to aid in vine and seedling establishment and survival. GROW TUBES FOR TREES, VINES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS THAT PRODUCE STRONGER, BIGGER PLANTS FASTER FOR LESS! If you need tree protectors for your newly planted trees, come to the WCD office and pick up some FREE blue tubes If available, blue tubes will be available at.

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