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
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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) > > -- > Diplomacy is the art of saying
"Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. > - Will Rogers >
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