Gardeners often wonder how to whiten the trees. Whitewashing is necessary to protect the tree trunk.
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From what protects whitewash
A tree adversely affected by heat. And the more damage the sun's rays are applied in winter. The consequences of such exposure - dehydrated upper layer of the cortex. Water balance is disturbed. Result - covered with cracked bark. You need time to put whitewash. It will serve as a protection.
Frosty weather affects the cortex is similar to sunlight. Here, too, can solve the problem of whitewash.
Processing saves trees from various pests (beetles, caterpillars, mice).
Before whitewashing the trunk must be brought to its normal appearance. The main condition - the street has to be wet weather. Bark should be freed from cracks, stratifications, mosses, lichens. It should remove dead areas.
The best option for cleaning items to be made of wood and plastic. Some people like to clean the bark using a glove made of cloth or sponge with an abrasive surface. Metal brush to apply undesirable, otherwise the trunk will be damaged.
After finishing purification, the barrel disinfected. This process contributes to the destruction of pests, pathogens, decontamination sites with damage occurring during processing. Disinfection is carried out, when it's clear and dry.
The last thing you need to do - to cover wounds. To do this, use special tools - garden pitch or a clay mash.
Mixture for whitewash
The mixture was not limited to one embodiment. If you cook it on their own once, it is possible to buy ready-made structure in the shops for gardeners.
The base includes lime and clay. These compounds give the tree of liberty "breathing". But there are a minus. By the onset of spring active composition may be washed away from the cortex; then again it is necessary to whiten the trees on the site.
When the mixture is prepared independently, must be present in the solution:
- lime or chalk (so-called white matter);
- clay, PVA, soaps, milk (fastening means);
- bluestone (performs disinfection function).
The result should be a homogeneous mass, which resembles sour cream. Whitewashing should not be too liquid. Otherwise, it will not last long on the trunk and flow down to the ground. The mixture is too thick and forms a dense crust fall off.
In most cases, use a soft brush. It is convenient to use. Using it is not difficult to close the solution of even the most remote place on the trunk. She is just as easy to whiten young trees. At whitewashing of a middle-aged tree can be associated with 3-4 brush. This at times reduce the time of application of the solution.
Often used a paint roller. paint quality with this tool will be better. But to block remote places with it will be more difficult. If the garden has a large area, it is necessary to whitewash spray paint.
Immediately is to determine the height at which you need and can whiten the wood. In most cases, it should be painted the entire bole trunk. It begins near the ground and ends on the first skeletal branch. You also need to paint on the lower 1/3 of the length of the skeletal branches. The process involves applying a thorough mixture in the barrel surface. If you are using a sprinkler, the paint is laid in 2 layers.
Mistakes gardeners during whitewash
Low applied solution promotes further proliferation of pests.
Scraping the barrel, do not remove the resulting waste. This beneficial environment for the wintering insects and diseases in various disputes. With the onset of the season, they again will continue to harm the tree.
A thick layer of whitewash - a drawing of rapidly exfoliates. Safety features will be lost.
Protect trees from any adversity can be in the case of compliance with a set of simple rules. To prepare the garden for the winter need to correct, so he was pleased with their beauty with the onset of heat.
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