Beth, I remember my neighbors painted their Chinese magnolia trees white as well for bug protection. There have been some studies (cannot site right off) regarding the application of latex paint to trunks may reduce sunscald in some species of ornamentals. Not sure if anything conclusive has been determined though.
Steve Springer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Koebel Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 1:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Live Oak Project Larry and Steve, I remember that at my grandparents house they had two huge silver maples in the front yard that where painted white from the ground till about 6 feet up. Beth Trees are the answer.--bumper sticker from Illinois Forest Association --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Larry <[email protected]> wrote: From: Larry <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Live Oak Project To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 12:06 PM Steve, The white paint in the old days was used to ward off insects. Pecan trees were mostly down in this fashion. Larry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
