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[Matthew Oller <matthewoller@yahoo.com>]

Helene, I thought it was , also to reduce cracking, from extreme temperature changes,and primarily on the south sides of trees,no?, matt,peace

--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Hélène Dessureault <interverbis@videotron.ca> wrote:

From: Hélène Dessureault <interverbis@videotron.ca>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] heat tape
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 7:27 AM

I paint my trees with a mixture of spray lime (dolomite), water and a bit of
latex, but NOT the whole tree and buds, just the trunk, from the base all
the way to the first lateral branch, in the Fall. This is the way it is
traditionnally done in Europe although I don't believe it was latex paint
but just spray lime and water. There is a dual purpose: slowing down
blooming in the Spring by cooling the tree and protecting the trunk against
sunburn.  Just paint the mixture on,  you make an awful mess spraying latex
paint on the surroundings, yourself and your clothes.
A mulch applied early Spring also slows down blooming.

Hélène, zone 3-4
North of Ottawa

----- Original Message -----
From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] heat tape


>
>> 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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