in winter the sun side heats up because the bark is dark, the shaded side doesnt
heat up, the differential in heating results in differential expansion which leads to
cracking of the bark. I would rather whitewash than wrap the trunks. Ingrid

"David Hill" wrote:

"......... I had to whitewash the trunks since they are on a south facing
wall. ........"

Why?



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