I am looking at investing in a variety of trees- crab apple, chestnut, and potentially some pear. I hunt in the Walhalla area, so bears are not incredibly prevalent, but they do come roaming around every now and then. I don't want to put all of the money and sweat equity into the planting only...

Question. I planted some Dunstan Chestnuts last fall and tubed them. My question is should I remove the tubes to get last years leaves off? They are hanging on similar to oaks do. I just wasn't sure since the tubes confine everything, if I should give them an assist. Everything else looks good...