The winter and early spring sun can be one of your garden’s most hidden enemies. Did you know that clear and crisp days, when temperatures fluctuate between extremes, pose the greatest threat to your fruit trees? Fruit Tree Trunk Whitewash (500g) is an indispensable tool that creates a reliable and life-saving protective layer on the tree trunk, ensuring the longevity of your garden’s pride.
Farewell to painful bark cracks and dangerous sunburn! The primary and most important task of the trunk whitewash is to reflect intense solar radiation. This prevents dangerous overheating of the bark during a warm day and the subsequent sharp cooling during freezing nights. Thus, you save your beloved apple, pear, and plum trees from painful bark cracks that would otherwise open the door to dangerous fungal diseases and rot. The result is a healthy, vigorous fruit tree free from damage.
Effective natural pest control Modern fruit tree care, which values a sustainable lifestyle, prefers smart solutions that preserve nature. Our whitewash is not merely physical protection – the slaked lime and iron sulfate in its composition act as effective yet environmentally friendly natural pest control. It destroys annoying pests and their eggs overwintering in bark cracks before they can damage young buds in the spring. In this way, you support organic gardening principles and ensure that your harvest is toxin-free.
How to best secure your trees? Applying this protective layer is a simple gardening task best performed in dry weather when the air temperature remains above 0ºC.
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Empty the contents of the 500g package into a container and mix it with 2 liters of clean water until a uniform, paint-like mass (suspension) is formed.
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Apply the lime wash carefully to the tree trunks and the lower parts of the main scaffold branches with a wide brush to ensure maximum sunburn protection.
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As volatile winters may wash away part of the protective layer, you may repeat the whitewashing during winter or early spring if necessary.
Take care of your trees today so they can thank you with a bountiful, juicy, and healthy harvest next season!