Tree Shelters

 

 

Tubex Ltd. the UK manufacturer of tree shelters and plant care products, appointed Kestrel Forestry Consultants the County Wexford based consultancy firm as their new stockist in Ireland in 2004.

Tubex are the world's leading producer of tree shelters and the best known brand in the tree shelters business. They export to over 25 countries including the USA and Canada.

Kestrel previously held the Irish agency for Arbeta, however with the merger of Arbeta and Tubex in 2003, all production and marketing has been concentrated at the Tubex HQ in Aberdare, South Wales.

Since 2004 sales of Tubex products have increased by 75% following intensive promotions and increasing acceptance of the product by the forest industry.     
For full information on the Tubex range contact Sean Lenihan: at 0402-37519, 087-206 9277 or E-mail: info@kestrelforestry.ie

 

Tubex Range - Tubes

Tubex supply tubes in 5 height sizes :  0.6 metre, 0.75m, 1.2m, 1.5m and 1.8m. The height of tube you choose will obviously depend on which animals you wish to protect your trees from.  The following are the recommended heights for the main species of browsing animals :

 

Animal	Tube Height	Stake Size	Note
Rabbit	0.6m	600x25x25mm	On sites with a slope and where Sika deer are present a 1.8m tube is probably the best option.
Hare	0.75m	750x25x25mm
Sheep	1.2m	1200x32x32mm
Fallow Deer	1.5m	1500x32x32mm
Sika Deer	1.5m	1500x32x32mm
Red Deer	1.8m	1800x32x32mm

 

Advantages of Tubes

• Maximum protection from rabbits, hare, deer, sheep, goats etc.
• Boosts growth by 50 - 100%
• Prevents damage from herbicides during spraying operations
• Prevents bracken and other broadleaf weeds falling in on trees in the autumn
• Will protect garden shrubs/plants from dogs, cats etc.

Forestry Uses

• Small sites with very high fence ratios (250 - 350 metres fencing/ha.) where rabbits are the major threat.
• Sites where rabbits are in field burrows
• Sites where deer fencing is required, especially those sites with high fence ratios as deer fencing can cost from  €10 to €16 per metre depending on the site.
• Filling-in existing 2-4 year old plantations which were not deer or rabbit fenced originally, and where they are now a major problem.
• Native Woodland Conservation sites and/or Woodland Improvement sites where planting will be in small coupes of 100 - 1,000 trees
• To protect naturally regenerated seedlings as soon as they emerge, again in a Native Woodland Conservation setting.
• Hebicides especially Round Up can be safely applied at any time of the year, as the tube acts as cowl preventing the chemical hitting the tree.

 

Tubex Range - Spirals/Easywraps

Tubex supply spiral guards in two height sizes and two diameters : .6m x 38mm, .6m x 50mm and .75m x 50mm.
Spirals provide low cost protection for whips and standards from rabbits and hares. Easywraps are similar to spirals but are solid and open out or unfold like a ''swiss roll''.  Both are ideally suited to ash and sycamore in a forest context where rabbits and hare are the only threats but are aslo widely used for hedging.  They do not provide the same micro climate
as tubes, and therefore trees in spirals or easywraps do not receive the significant growth boost which tubes provide.

 

Guideline Prices 2012 Easywraps and Spirals

Height	1,000		2,000		Up to 3,000		Up to 5,000
Easywraps
60cm x 38mm	.33		.     30		.29		.27
75cm X 50mm	.40		.38		.36		.34
Spirals
60cm x 38mm	.32		.30		.29		.27
.75m x 50mm	.55		.53		.52		.50
Bamboo Canes
3'	.13				.13
4'	.17				.17

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

Guideline Prices 2012 Standard Tree Shelters

Standard Tree Shelter and Stake (VAT and Delivery Extra) Visa, Master Card and Irish debit cards are accepted.

Tube Height	1,000		2,000		Up to 3,000		Up to 5,000
	Tube	T & S	Tube	T & S	Tube	T & S	Tube	T & S
0.6m	0.90	1.20	0.87	1.12	0.85	1.07	0.8	1.00
0.75m	1.00	1.35	0.97	1.27	0.95	1.25	0.90	1.20
1.2m	1.35	2.20	1.33	2.15	1.31	2.10	1.25	2.00
1.5m	1.85	2.60	1.80	2.55	1.75	2.50	1.70	2.45
1.8m	2.30	3.60	2.25	3.50	2.15	3.45	2.10	3.35

 

Guideline Prices 2012  Shrubshelters

Shrubshelter and Stake (VAT and Delivery Extra)
Visa, Master Card and Irish debit cards are accepted.

Tube Height	1,000		2,000		Up to 3,000		Up to 5,000
	Tube	T & S	Tube	T & S	Tube	T & S	Tube	T & S
0.6m	1.30	1.60	1.25	1.55	1.20	1.50	1.15	1.45
0.75m	1.55	1.90	1.50	1.85	1.45	1.80	1.40	1.70
0.6m Plus	1.70	2.00	1.65	1.95	1.60	1.90	1.55	1.85
.75m Plus	2.00	2.30	1.95	2.25	1.90	2.20	1.85	2.15

 

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