Protect Planted Trees

There are several kinds of tree protection tools available. This quick chart will help you pick the right one for your trees.

Tree tubes protect and nurture small trees and are the standard for tree protection, especially for trees that lose their leaves. This slideshow shows you how to properly install a tree tube.

When MyWoodlot does tree planting, we use either the Miracle Tube or the Tubex Combitube to protect our trees. This link is to purchase Miracle Tubes.

This is a link to purchase the Tubex Combitube, the other tree shelter we use on our tree planting projects.

Bark protectors are used on slightly larger trees to prevent deer from rubbing their antlers against the tree and damaging the tree’s bark. This slideshow shows you how to properly install a bark protector.

We use these bark protectors on trees we plant after they’re too big for tree tubes. This link is to purchase A.M. Leonard bark protectors.

When a tree tube won’t work for whatever reason (especially for shrubs and conifers), a tree cage can be an alternative to keep deer away. This slideshow gives installation tips for tree cages.

If you’re planting a lot of trees over a large area, protecting individual trees can be impractical. A better option may be to keep deer out of the whole area using a fence. This slideshow has installation tips for different styles of deer fencing.