DeepRoot Arbortie Heavy Duty Anchoring Kit for Anchoring Trees (Fоur Paсk)

We had a young tree starting to lean from all of the rain/wind storms we've have in Houston over the past year and needed help keeping it straight. Never having anchored a tree before, I was a little unsure how to go about it. After a lot of internet research, I finally decided on this anchoring kit to help sturdy our new tree investment.Last spring I finally took down 'Woodstock's tree" from my front yard. It was pitiful. We gave it years to grow and it just never did finally snapping in two during a heavy rain/wind storm,.In the Spring of 2015 we bought a nice 7 ft. tall Red Maple from a reputable locally owned garden supplier and had them plant it for me. They did a nice job and even re-forced it with a 1/2" diameter bamboo stake and added a little mulch. At planting it already had more leaved than the old 5 year old ash that just never would get healthy.I added another bag of mulch and watered it once a week during the Summer when it didn't rain enough but that's about it. The new tree has flourished with minimal care and it's already a good 3 foot taller than the previous one got in over 5 years. It just started to lean a bit away from the house so we made the small investment in this anchoring kit.The instructions were plain and simple enough for me and, as I already mentioned above, I had never done this. I tied the nylon strap to the tree as instructed making sure to first tie a simple knot about 18" from either end. When tying around the tree I made sure to secure it by tying a new knot that cinched on the outside of the first one. This way as the tree grows and pulls on the strap, it won't cinch tight around it. I then secured the anchor in the ground at roughly a 45 degree angle by inserting a 1" x 12" dowel into the eyelet at the top and twisting clockwise until only a couple of inches below the eyelet remained above ground. I then tied the other end of the strap before securing it to the anchor to match the one on the tree and cinched it tight to the first simple knot leaving a loop at the end of the strap. This was loosened in order to pull the strap tightly and securely into the eyelet on the anchor. I could then cinch it tighter if needed in order straighten the tree.We only needed the one anchor but 3 come with the kit. If you really want to secure your tree you can use them all. If done correctly, your tree won't go anywhere unless it was on purpose or hit directly by a tornado. The straps and anchors are very sturdy and installing them seemed pretty simple for a novice layman like me.

Works great stabilizing our young Amber trees in the strong California Santa Ana wind events.During the last wind event and going on the second day with gusts up to 60-65 mph, we almost lost our new tree. The pole we had to support the tree literally snapped in half and we thought the tree did too. Upon a closer inspection we saw the tree had bent but not broke so we ordered these and with Prime delivery, they arrived the next day.We have had 3 more wind events since installing and the they have supported the tree perfectly! Great product and fairly easy to install, too.

Had some plastic tree spikes I bought locally that kept pulling out of the ground and breaking. With us having a storm nightly, our freshly planted tree kept getting blown over, so I decided to get these. After I put these in the ground and using the included straps, it hasn't budged since. They're very strong and held up to all the storms we were having.Edit: Now that our tree has rooted itself in the ground, I've moved these to our children's trampoline. We've only had a couple storms blow through so far, and they're holding it down very well. It hasn't budged an inch!

This system worked well for staking a 15 foot Desert Museum Palo Verde in San Diego. We are encouraging it to straighten up. There was enough length with the 3 included Arbor Ties to have a 4-5' attaching point to the trunk and a 5-6 ' reach from the trunk. There is a good length to the stakes, but longer may be required for your soil. Our soil is layered and it takes more than 6" to reach firmer, indiginous soil. So far the staking system has withstood two wet, windy winter storms.

I like these for my little tree that was leaning, but it takes some muscle to get the stake in the ground. Had to use a crowbar, and even then, they didn't go all the way down. The only other thing I don't like is that when the fabric gets wet, the lines get loose. Not sure what can be done to prevent that, but seems like I am always tightening them, and it isn't because the tree is getting that much straighter - it usually happens right after a rain.

Work well and can hold a lot of weight. We recently had multiple fruit trees leaning after a couple big storms and used these to tie up. You do have to be careful as the tree grows to check they aren't too tight. We did have the tree grow around one. The stakes go into the ground fairly well, definitely need something long and skinny to help turn them. Two person job to hold and tie trees up.

AVOID- This product is garbage and is poorly designed. There is no way to secure the stakes into the ground with the weird spirals they have. They loosen all the soil as they work into the ground and then flop out of the soil because of it.

I bought these as a stopgap to stake a barefoot sapling until I could get what I thought I really wanted, which was a larger diameter and taller stake. However, this stake was easy to install, with a smaller diameter and being all metal so I could hammer it into the clay ground. When the other stakes arrived, I decided to stick with this one as it seemed much sturdier.