il Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:05:09 -0800, yar ha scritto:

the reason i was interested in doing this was for the prevention of
crawley bugs. i was told that bugs have a harder time getting a
foothold where the trunk has been painted. that led me to the concern
of what type of paints would harm the trees. i have been told to avoid
oil based paints.

I've heard of people wrapping corrugated cardboard around the trunk.
The codling moth will crawl into it. Then you can burn them all. A
smear of vaseline may work, but you'd need gallons.
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