Tree training Products
Creating efficiencies and savings
Hortivate’s tree training solutions harness cutting-edge innovation to deliver time and cost savings, while continuously evolving to enhance performance and maximize your orchard’s potential.
Hortivate’s tree training solutions harness cutting-edge innovation to deliver time and cost savings, while continuously evolving to enhance performance and maximize your orchard’s potential.
Pre-Cut Tying Tube
Save Time. Cut Cost. Eliminate Waste.
In 2019, Hortivate innovated tying tube for NZ orchards by introducing pre-cut lengths, supplied on boxes with zero plastic packaging.
This saved orchardists’ money by ensuring every piece of tying tube was used, eliminating waste and ensuring no plastic packaging was left in the orchard. Also eliminating health and safety risks – no more cutting on-site.
Now sold factory-direct, we’re passing the savings directly to you!
- Pre-Cut for Efficiency: Saves time, cuts costs, and reduces risks.
- UV Stabilised Virgin PVC: Lasts 4+ years in tough conditions.
- Top Stretch: Flexible and secure for easy tying.
- Proven Performance: Used in NZ since 2019 with zero returns
- Order Direct and Save: Get premium quality at a better price.
Specifications
- Length: 400mm and 450mm
- Tube Diameter: 5mm
- Lifespan: 5 years +
- Material: UV stabilized virgin PVC
LeaderProtectors™
Safeguard Your Trees
45mm Straight LeaderProtectors™
Designed to protect trees from wire damage that can lead to infections, the LeaderProtectors are fast and easy way to secure our tree to the trellis wires to prevent movement and ensure strong growth.
- Protects against wire rub
- Decreases risk of canker
- Keeps trees stable in wind
- UV-protected for long-lasting use
35mm Cupped LeaderProtectors™
Crafted from soft, flexible material, these protectors gently hold and shield vine or cherry leaders from wire damage. Ideal for kiwifruit leaders or cherry UFO systems, they adapt to growth and reduce disease entry points.
- Holds leaders securely in place
- Protects against wire rub
- Flexes with leader development
- Able to be used when the leader is at an angle to the wire
TreeWrap™ Tree Guards
Wrap Style Protection for Young Trees
Hortivate’s Tree Guards provide fast, wind-resistant, reusable protection for young trees with a preformed, wrap-around design that fits snugly around the trunk in seconds, grows with the tree, and requires no staples. Fast to install, easy to remove and reusable/recyclable.
- Wrap-Around Design: Quick to install and remove, fits any tree size post-planting.
- UV-Stabilised PVC for 4+ years of reliable protection.
- Fully Recyclable: Eco-friendly from start to finish.
- Secure fit: Stays put, reducing waste and replacement costs.
- No Staples, No Hassle: Slash installation time and labor costs.
Specifications
- Lengths: 400mm, 450mm, 500mm
- Material: UV-stabilized PVC for durability
- Colors: Black (stocked), custom colors available
- Fit: Preformed wrap style, stretches with tree growth
- Use Case: Perfect for apples, cherries, stonefruit, and grapes
Lift’n’Clip
Lift, Clip, Re-use
New Innovation
Say goodbye to the hassle of bamboo and string! The Lift n Clip (LnC) is Hortivate’s latest innovation, revolutionizing how growers train new plants and grafts onto plant support wires. Designed for efficiency, the LnC saves both time and money, streamlining the process while ensuring strong, well-supported growth.
How it works:
- Simply place the LnC on the trellis wires and guide your tree along the wire.
- Secure the tree at junctions where the LnC meets the trellis wire—no extra materials needed.
- When a higher training support is used, simply ‘Lift’n’Clip’ onto the next lot of trellis wire.
