Benefits of Tree Guards

Protection from Nature and the Elements

  • Protect from southwest sunscald
  • Ward off trunk splitting and cracking due to frost and cold winters
  • Stop predator damage, especially deer antler rub and jack rabbits
  • Reduce sucker sprout growth

Create a Buffer for Equipment and Operations

  • Prevent tractor and weed-eater damage
  • Protect against herbicide spraying
  • Eliminate trunk scarring during transport and while digging

Constructed for Long-term Use

  • Durable and reusable
  • Stores flat conveniently
  • Made in USA

NEW! Custom sizes now available, call for a quote

Sizes and accessories

Tree Guards are available in the following sizes and quantities:  
Item # Size # per pallet Price each
TW-248-X 24" x 8" Tree Guard 4320 Call
TW-1612-X 16" x 12" Tree Guard 3600 Call
TW-3212-X 32" x 12" Tree Guard 1800 Call
TW-4812-X 48" x 12" Tree Guard 1440 Call
Custom Sizes available. Call for a quote. Optional Accessories: Wire Twist Ties.

How Tree Guards Work – Science

Many types of young trees have thin cambium layers directly under their outside bark, and if these layers are damaged, the trees can experience issues with growth and even death. Such trees are fragile and more susceptible to sunscald, also known as winter crack. Sunscald appears mostly when snow is on the ground and the sun is out. The sun heats the bark, causing the tree to come out of dormancy. When temperatures drop, the cambium layer cracks, killing the tree. To avoid this outcome, the tree trunk must maintain a neutral temperature, which can be accomplished with Adapt8 Tree Guards. Tree Guards wrap the base of a tree in single-wall polypropylene, colored a reflective white on the outside and heat-absorbent black on the inside. The Tree Guard slows heat transfer and loss, keeping trees from becoming stressed and damaged. As a result, growers experience less discarded stock and more vivacious, healthy trees. Adapt8 Tree Guards are easy to install and adjust to grow with the trees. The guards are wrapped around the trunk – white side facing out – and secured with twist ties. Kept on the tree, the guards offer protection from the orchard to the customer, as a ribbed interior cushions the product for shipping to customers, assuring maximum profit and quality products. Trees that benefit from Adapt8 Tree Guards include:
  • Bigtooth Maple
  • Thundercloud Plum
  • Skyline Honeylocust
  • Sterling Silver Linden
  • Boxelder
  • Cleveland Select Flowering Pear
  • Chaparral Weeping Mulberry
  • Glenleven Linden
  • Highland Park Maple
  • New Bradford Pear
  • Kankakee Newport Plum
  • Malus-Apple
  • European Hornbeam
  • Redspire Flowering Pear
  • Newport Plum
  • Fraxinus-Ash
  • Pyramidal Hornbeam
  • Prairie Cascade Willow
  • American Linden
  • Prunus-all varietiesNorthern/Western
  • Catalpa
  • European Mountain Ash
  • Redmond Linden
  • Corylus-hazelnut
  • Autumn Purple Ash
  • Pyramidal Mountain Ash
  • Greenspire Linden
  • Populus-aspen
  • Patmore Ash
  • Cardinal Royal (TM) Mountain Ash
  • Krauter Vesuvius Plum
  • Gleditsia-honey locust
  • Imperial Honeylocust
  • Oakleaf Mountain Ash
  • Tilia-lindens
  • Salix-willow
  • Shademaster Honeylocust
  • Lirodendrom-tuliptree
  • Quercus-oak
  • Betula-birch

Testimonials

Dahle Orchard, The Dalles, Oregon

From Tim Dahle: “I have used Adapt8 corrugated plastic tree guards for 10 years. They have been effective in protecting young trees from herbicides, southwest trunk injury and mice.”

Giant Step Orchard, The Dalles, Oregon

From Keith Tucker: “I've been using tree guards since 1991 and they protect my trees from sunscald and herbicide sprays, and are easy to install. Adapt8 tree guards have saved me time and money.”