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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> A while back I read a summary of some prof. at MU trying to delay blossom by 
> spraying the whole tree with a dilute latex paint/water mix.  The idea was to 
> keep the sun off the buds as well as the trunk.  Can't remember how long it 
> supposedly delayed bloom, but I'm thinking it was a weeks delay.
>   


Interesting, Mark. I might try that next year. I did wonder when I 
painted the trunks how far up I was supposed to go.

And my neighbors think I'm loony already, so I might as well go all the way.

:-)

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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