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[Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com>]

The 'whitewash' northerners use to prevent sunscald is supposed to help 
discourage mice (my grafts/seedlings weren't painted...).  Mix half and half 
water with white low VOC interior latex paint and spray on trunks.  I'm sure 
this is not certifiable organic, anyone have a better recipe to share?

Sarah 
zone 3
Edmonton, AB


--- On Mon, 5/23/11, V. Michael Bove Jr. <vmb@teakettlefarm.com> wrote:

> From: V. Michael Bove Jr. <vmb@teakettlefarm.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sawdust Mulching, now tree protection
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Received: Monday, May 23, 2011, 4:34 PM
> As usual the voles beaverized a
> number of our Nankings this winter.  A  
> big problem is that Nankings tend to grow shrubby and it's
> not at all  
> easy to protect them when they have a half-dozen branches
> coming off  
> within six inches of the ground (and the other problem is
> that we had  
> a foot and a half of snow cover for about six weeks, so the
> bark got  
> stripped much higher than I'd wrapped them!)  I can't
> help wondering  
> whether there is some kind of distasteful goop I could just
> paint on  
> in early winter...
> 
> Michael Bove
> Teakettle Farm, Z6 (MA/RI border)
> 
> On May 23, 2011, at 12:21 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
> 
> > I'm using Clipper tubes which are typically sold for
> first year  
> > grapes.
> > They come in different lengths but I use mostly 24"
> & 32".  Since  
> > they are
> > one piece of plastic that wraps, they are easy to take
> off & put  
> > back on,
> > you don't have to cut the tubes to get them off. 
> Plus they end up  
> > being a
> > lot cheaper than other kinds of tree tubes.  I
> get mine from here,  
> > very good
> > prompt service & customer service.
> >
> > http://www.mdtgrow.com/
> >
> > I've tubed about 600 trees & vines in the last 3
> weeks....
> >
> >
> > ~mIEKAL
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Sarah Kehler Ewing
> <skkewing@yahoo.com
> 
> > >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi mIEKAL,
> >>
> >> I'm wondering if you would share what you are
> using for 'tubing'  
> >> around
> >> your trees???
> >>
> >> I've been using hardware cloth (1/4" x 1/4") tubes
> about 18" height  
> >> x 6"
> >> diameter and it is very effective and a great
> place to put tree  
> >> labels.  But
> >> hardware cloth is very expensive and I'm sure it
> will rust off to
> >> ineffectiveness at some point. I've found one tree
> that had a gap  
> >> where the
> >> cloth overlapped (sometimes the cloth kinks a bit
> when I twist it  
> >> into the
> >> ground and I obviously didn't catch that one) and
> a mouse moved in,  
> >> made a
> >> house for the winter and ate my Giant Nanking
> Cherry from T&T Seeds,
> >> Manitoba.  This year with the feet and feet
> of snow we had, they  
> >> got over
> >> the tops for the first time ever and ate off a
> plum and an apple.   
> >> I should
> >> have been stomping down the snow, but by the time
> I realized I  
> >> needed too,
> >> the snow was hip deep and I couldn't!
> >>
> >> I know that the commercial guys use some kind of
> plastic tubing,  
> >> but I'm
> >> not sure what.
> >>
> >> Sarah
> >> zone 3
> >> Edmonton, AB
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Mon, 5/23/11, mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sawdust Mulching
> >>> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> >>> Received: Monday, May 23, 2011, 12:24 PM
> >>
> >>> I've been spending the last week tubing every
> last prunus
> >>> in the ground.
> >>
> >>> ~mIEKAL
> >>
> >>
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