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11-04-2005, 02:58 PM

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2. We actually only thought about painting the trunk, but if someboday
knows about a paint that can be applied to the leafs too, why not? In
this context the paint should probably stay on as long as the tree has
leaves... around 6 months?

I am pretty sure that if you paint all the leaves with anything that is
still visible after a month or so, it will have the effect of stopping the
plant photosynthesizing properly, and weaken it.

Most plants make new leaves quite often, so you might also find that if you
painted them in spring, there would only be a proportion of coloured leaves
visible by the autumn.

I would stick to painting the trunks, myself. What sort of trees are you
planning to paint?

Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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