Yes AJE

Ok, I would have thought the black would get too hot

Get what you pay for.
The plantra tubes pay for themselves

I've about had it with tubes. I had another 1 smashed. This 1 was anchored like a rock but look what it looked like yesterday. Between them becoming bee houses and a noticeable portion getting mangled, it's been a struggle.

I was at the Ohio Nut Growers Association meeting yesterday. They had the same looking tree tubes for sale there. I almost bought them. After seeing that, I'm glad I didn't.

It was a good time. I got to talk to a lot of people with similar interests. I talked to the president of the North American pawpaw Association, who showed me on his phone some of the hypocotyl grafting of American chestnuts he's experimenting with Ohio State on. They are hoping by by grafting infant American Chestnut seedlings on infant Chinese chestnut root stock, they can limit blight. The graft union should heal fully and not be a weak spot for infection to enter through. My black walnut seedlings, that I am going to hypocotyl graft, just started popping up today. We did well selling plants there. I got a large number of scions to graft and some pawpaw seeds. They also made me a Trustee for the Association.

Keith