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Experience The Diamond Wire Advantage

The Diamond Wire Tree Basket consistently surpasses traditional loop and ring baskets in performance, offering superior strength, durability, and tree stability.

Continuous Single-Wire Design

Eliminating Weak Points

  • Continuous Single Wire Construction
  • High strength but flexible wire that doesn’t break
  • No butt welds to fail like traditional loop and ring style baskets
  • Long-lasting durability and suitable for a wide range of soil conditions.
Effortless Root Protection

Conforms to Root Ball

  • Create a better looking tree ball
  • Works with all soil types
  • Root Balls stay in tact
  • Each crimp impacts the entire basket
Costs less than conventional baskets

Lowers Cost

  • Save on time and labor over conventional butt welded loop/ring spiral design baskets.
  • Lower cost due to automated manufacturing
  • Less breakage
  • More efficient crimping
Available Sizes

Available in a range of popular sizes

  • Available in 22° Truncated and 25° Vermeer Options
  • Both short and Standard Heights
  • Widths from 14" to 40"

Size

Degree of Cone

Top Diameter

Basket Height

Bottom Diameter

14"
22
14"
5.5"
9.5"
16″
22
16"
6.5″
10.5″
18″
22
18″
7.75″
11.75″
20″
22
20″
9″
13″
22″
22
22″
10.125”
14"
24″
22
24″
11.25″
15″
26″
22
26″
12.5″
16″
28″
22
28″
13.5″
17″
30″
22
30″
14.75″
18″
32″
22
32″
14.375″
20.25″
34″
22
34″
15.5″
21.5″

Size

Degree of Cone

Top Diameter

Basket Height

Bottom Diameter

18″
22
18″
10.5″
9.5"
20″
22
20″
11.5″
10.5″
22″
22
22″
12.75″
11.75″
24″
22
24″
14"
13″
26″
22
26″
15″
14″
28″
22
28″
16″
15″
30″
22
30″
17.25"
16″
32″
22
32″
18.5″
17″
34″
22
34″
19.75″
18″
36"
22
36″
20.875″
19.125″
38″
22
38″
22″
20.25″
40″
22
40″
23″
21.5″

Size

Degree of Cone

Top Diameter

Basket Height

Bottom Diameter

14"
25
14"
6.25″
8.25″
16″
25
16″
7.25″
9.25″
18″
25
18″
8.5″
10″
20″
25
20″
9.5″
11″
22″
25
22″
10″
13″
24″
25
24″
11.5″
13″
26″
25
26″
13.25″
13.75″
28″
25
28″
14.25″
14.75″
30″
25
30″
15.25"
15.75″
32″
25
32″
14.375″
18.5″

Size

Degree of Cone

Top Diameter

Basket Height

Bottom Diameter

18″
25
18″
10.5″
8.25″
20″
25
20″
11.5″
9.25″
22″
25
22″
12.75″
10″
24″
25
24″
14″
11"
26″
25
26″
15″
12″
28″
25
28″
16″
13″
30″
25
30″
17.25″
13.75″
32″
25
32″
18.5″
14.75″
34″
25
34″
19.75″
15.75″
36″
25
36″
21″
16.5″
38″
25
38″
22″
17.5″
40″
25
40″
23″
18.5″

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes the Diamond Wire Basket® different from other baskets?

Our Single-wire construction uses a patented technology that provides strength to maintain the tree ball while also creating a better-looking tree. The single-wire means there are no structural welds to hold the basket together that are common from most loop and ring manufacturers.

Where did the name Diamond come from?

The names comes from the wire making a diamond shape as it is laced/welded

Is the crimping process more efficient than with standard loop and ring baskets?

Absolutely! With most competitive baskets, they are made up of multiple pieces of wire requiring crimping across the ball. With the single wire construction of the Diamond Wire Basket®, each crimp pulls the entire basket tighter meaning far less crimps are needed.  Less crimps is less time spent on the tree which relates to cost savings.

The wire is easy to crimp, does this mean it is not as strong as other wire baskets?

No.  We use wire that is pliable that allows it to be crimped (bent) but is still more than strong enough to hold the root ball in place during harvest, staging and transportation.  NYP Corp stands behind our baskets holding up to the needs of our grower partners.

How well do Diamond Tree Basket® hold up during tree transport and staging?

Since the basket is designed to tighten around the root ball during lacing, as well as crimping, it creates a nice tight root ball that stands up to handling and transport. In our field work there is typically no need to re-lace or re-crimp as trees are handled and lifted for loading and unloading.

How do I determine what size Diamond Wire Basket® I should use?

There are many determining factors and at the end of the day, it is best to try out the baskets to determine which one works best for you.  A starting point is understanding what type of digging spade you are using as well as the size of root ball you are aiming to dig. The two most common spades are the 22° which is known as a truncated or the 25° which is for the Vermeer Spade.

Work with the local NYP Corp Sales Manager who can help you to find the best fit for your plants. As our baskets mold to the root ball, the fit is different from the old-fashioned loop and ring basket. We have found that the age of machinery, crew experience and soil type have a significant impact on what Diamond Tree Basket® fits best and only by using them can tweaks be made

What do I need to know about your extra ear design?

Diamond has an extra ear compared to ring/loop baskets; 5 vs 4 up to 22”; 6 vs 5 24”-30”; 7 vs 6 32” and above. It is due to the single wire continuous design, and the way the wire is wound to create the Diamond pattern. Many customers like the extra ear because it adds more structural integrity to the root ball as a whole, and makes a nice tight root ball. At first glance this might sound like an issue, but once the crews get to learn the process, they can lace the tree is the same time as they have done with the previous baskets.

Where are the baskets manufactured?

We are proud that the Diamond Wire Basket® is manufactured in Lumberton, North Carolina by our dedicated staff utilizing state of the art machinery designed just for our baskets. This efficient process allows us to pass on savings with lower prices than handmade baskets from many domestic competitors or baskets from overseas.

What about baskets larger than 40”?

Right now, our machinery is not set up to produce larger sizes, but that is something that we continue to explore.

History of the Diamond Wire Basket

The wire basket was first used by nurseries in the mid 1960’s. The basic style has remained virtually unchanged as there was no reason to change the vertical loop, horizontal ring design. Nursery crews put forth the effort to crimp or pigtail baskets to achieve the right fit.  This costly step became the accepted practice.

NYP Corp., the company that introduced “No-Rot” burlap, created the Diamond Tree Basket®. This revolutionary, patented, geometric, diamond design streamlines digging operations, enhances the product and customer satisfaction, and improves the bottom-line.

After years of development, testing, and rigorous field trails, the Diamond Tree Basket® was launched. Testing was performed in all soil conditions and soil types. The mostly commonly used hydraulic spades, both old and new, were used in the field tests. Crews dug and packed a wide variety of field grown trees and shrubs.  The results were conclusive, the Diamond Tree Basket outperformed the traditional loop and ring style basket in all key areas such as fit, finishing time, ball durability, ball lifting to load, and overall appearance.

NYP Corp. has provided wholesale nurseries, manufacturers, agricultural processors and governmental agencies with customized textile packaging for more than 60 years.

NYP Corp. is one of the few remaining wholesale converters of burlap, cotton, and related industrial textiles, in the USA. Originally founded as New Yorker Bag and Burlap by Gerald LaBelle and Nelson Gudema, these two young WWII veterans started their new business with a VA certificate to purchase surplus materials from the government. The hardworking pair found success supplying burlap bags and other textiles packaging materials to wholesale nurseries agricultural packers, industrial companies and a growing number of government agencies.