Newt wrote:
Steve Wrote:
You are right, Newt, but some people paint the trunks with watered
down
latex paint (half water, half white latex paint) to prevent "southwest
injury". There are several other names for that................
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Hi Steve,

You are so correct. I really should have asked why Yar wanted to paint
the trees. There is another reason to paint them as well. It's called
sunscald, but much of that can be prevented when initial planting is
done by facing the lowest branches towards the south to shade the
trunk.

Thanks for pointing that out.
Newt



Sunscald is one of the other names for southwest injury.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/2111.html

Steve