The idea of painting the trunks is to reflect light and heat but IMO it is ulgy. They paint the trunks of citrus trees in the valley to reflect light and protect the tress from burning. I'm going to try grafting the intrepid peach to see how it does according to grower "Tree blooms late to avoid spring frost zaps and can withstand freezing temperatures at half- to full-bloom with minimal damage. Also disease-resistant to bacterial leaf spot. Freestone. Ripens in mid August. Self-pollinating." Clinton I plant the later blooming apples and my husband who has been here his whole life says that were almost guaranteed an apple crop. Thanks for the article John. If it snows again I will try the piles and report if it works.
Im in central Az in the high Desert the temps often bounce from 60s to freezing and most years we don't get peaches due to frost. I have been thinking about pilling snow round some of my peach trees the next time it snows to help keeping them cooler longer after it snows would this work? I have also read that you can paint the trunks white to help delay blooming but I don't know how well it works and I hate the way it looks. Anyone have any ideas ?? TIA
Thanks for all the info Terry. I knew that the bona could blow up after mixed and left sealed but I didn't know much else about it. The assumptions about the hardness came from forums and some test I have read.
Bill your floor looks awesome do you know how much it would cost per sq ft?
Your right Jamil Elmers is non toxic and brown paper floors can be an greener option for flooring. I used Bona Traffic HD because its green certified and safe to use around kids and animals the only down side to it is 115$ a gallon. The bona doesn't stink and it is harder than polyurethane but don't use it if you're going to use an oil based stain. Oil based stains smells like hell and I don't recommend using it. If the floor in the dining room and kitchen hold up well I will be doing the entire house. You could use any color paper you wanted but it will make the floor cost more.
I choose the floor because it was cheap and easy enough for me to install and you can repair it. They had carpet in the dining room and with 5 kids it got really nasty so the paper floor is 1000x better than what we had.
Here is a website that shows how to do it webpage I do not recommend oil stain with bona traffic the oil makes so the finish doesn't stick to the paper properly.
This is what it looked like before it was sealed. photo I used bona traffic instead of cheaper polyurethane because it had almost no odor and it is suppose to be very hard.
I finished the kitchen and dining room about a week ago and it looks great. I did my daughters room two months ago and I used oil based stain the finish is starting to peel up in some areas thanks to the oil based stain the areas that didn't stain well and the patches i did are hard as a rock so I think it's a stain issue. I'm not sure how to post pics on here. photo
I did my kitchen and dining room for 1$ a sf. It is brown paper, elmers glue with water rit dye, and Apoxy. The cost could be as low as 30-40€ if you use polyurethane. Please excuse me if I didn't post this under the right section.
