Wrapping a spiral tree

[Ivan Beaver]

I added spirals to my 13' mega tree this year. It looks OK, but the spirals are not spaced as well as I would like.

What are various methods people use to wrap their trees?

I attached the top of the strand-and walked it around the tree. Then I moved over a little bit and wrapped the next strand a little higher than the last strand.

Towards the end I got some overlapping in the middle part of the tree.

Thanks in advance for any advice or ideas.

[EARLE W. TALLEY]

Make sure your supports are tight, check this out.
http://vimeo.com/33798942

[testraub]

Here's how I set mine up. Hope it helps http://testraub.x10.mx/testraub/my_spiral_tree_test.htm

Tom Straub

[Mwhite7097]

By using the spiral calculator, I got the distance between strings. On my 22' tree with 10' base, it worked out to be approx. 11.28". I marked my vertical support cables every 11.28" with black spray paint. After raising the topper a bit, I just zip tied the spiral strings everytime they crossed a black mark on the verticals. Then I was able to raise it a little more and zip tie more of the strings. The first 2 I zipped a little loose to allow for play while raising, but after those, I was able to figure fairly exactly where to zip tie the spiral.