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Re: [NAFEX] How to prep trees and bushes for winter

From: "Richard J. Ossolinski" <osso@acadia.net>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How to prep trees and bushes for winter
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:18:05 -0400

Joan,

Location, location, location. Where are you?

Richard
Gouldsboro, ME, Zone 5

JoanRRosenberg@aol.com wrote:
>
> You might want to mulch the pluot well and wrap the trunk. I have 7 pluots
> on Citation. the Citation rootstock is ok, but the Pluot trunks tend to
> get wind or sun burn in the winter and start to split, crack and peel. Had
> I known about that I would have latex painted or wrapped them for the
> winter to preserve the trunk. None of the other fruit trees are that
> susceptible as a class.

Re: [NAFEX] currant sawfly on gooseberries , (continued)
- Re: [NAFEX] How to prep trees and bushes for winter, Martha Barrett / Scott Weber, 09/24/2004
  - Re: [NAFEX] How to prep trees and bushes for winter, RW Spalinger, 09/27/2004
- [NAFEX] How to prep trees and bushes for winter, Rodney Eveland, 09/22/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] How to prep trees and bushes for winter, JoanRRosenberg, 09/23/2004
  - Re: [NAFEX] How to prep trees and bushes for winter, Richard J. Ossolinski, 09/23/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] How to prep trees and bushes for winter, JoanRRosenberg, 09/23/2004