Patent ID: 6363655
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A young tree support for a young tree planted in the ground and having a trunk, said young tree support comprising:a flexible support member having a first end and a second end, said flexible support member being continuous from said first and to said second end, a first short stake attached to said first end for insertion into the ground adjacent the trunk of the tree for securing said first end of said support member close to the ground adjacent to the tap root of the tree, said support member being sufficiently long and sufficiently flexible so that said support member can be spirally wrapped from its first end spirally upward on the trunk of the tree; a second short stake attached to said second end of said support member, said second short stake being insertable into the ground on the windward side of the tree at a greater distance from the trunk than said first short stake so that the young tree has its trunk spirally wrapped from the ground upward to a point where said member is pulled down close to the ground to the windward by said second stake.