hoosierbanana
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Posted 1321661219
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Has anyone ever whitewashed their trees? I have a suspicion that mine were damaged last year by dehydration in March when the sun was shining and the ground was frozen. They seemed to not show any damage up until then, and temps were warmer than January for sure. I am planning on keeping them protected longer this year but might try painting one, or half of one, to see if it helps any.
OttawanZ5
1192897779
Posted 1321669150
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I had a couple of trees with a split bark (& separated from trunk wood) on the south-west side in the deep cold weather when the afternoon sun and the sun reflection from snow heats up the south-west part of the bark. I have not whitewashed the trunks yet but use a temporary cover of cardboard around the bottom two or three feet of trunk to avoid sun heat.
Ottawan-Z5a, Canada
hoosierbanana
1287901146
Posted 1321730456
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That sounds like a good solution. The problem with whitewashing is the weather has to be warm for it to dry.
Dieseler
1215735852
Posted 1321739033
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Worse comes to worse home depot sells the corrugated plastic drain stuff .
james
1189185103
Posted 1321847130
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I seem to remember reading somewhere (perhaps Ray Given's site) that whitewashing was problematic, but I don't remember why.
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