Tube Serviceberry?

[Daydreamer]

I have some bare root Serviceberry coming wondering if I should tube them? And for that matter I have Plum coming too and wondering on that front as well. Fell in love with tree tubes for the first time last year.
Thoughts?

 

[Daydreamer]

Good question.
Less protection from deer as my deer density is quite low.
Looking for accelerated growth and potential for protection from mice/voles...

 

[Bowsnbucks]

I've got serviceberry coming too. I'm gonna treat them like I do the apples & crabs - alum. window screen wrap for rodents and concrete mesh for the deer. Once & done !!

 

[scott44]

I am planting some this spring and I plan on caging them for protection. I have a couple Ninebark in tubes just an experiment from last year.

 

[Rally1148]

I'd say yes to the serviceberry, and maybe to the plum.

 

[Daydreamer]

Thanks guys. Spent the morning mowing a portion of the field where these are going to go. Hopefully it will speed up thawing of the ground and I can be ready to roll when the trees arrive.

 

[SD51555]

I've got both in tubes now. I've found I needed to prune my plums once so they don't get too bushy in the tube. The plums were pruned last fall and I can't report yet that it's been a success, but it's still in the running. They're in 6' tubes. I've also put serviceberries in tubes last year when I planted them, still too early on those as well.