White Wash your Avocado Bark!!!!!

[@samuelstewart2054]

Best time to paint your tree is yesterday... I just painted my trees today and well I was a day late. Sadness...

[@ocneal]

Thanks for the reminder, Gary. For young avocado trees some shade cloth & structure to hold it,, might be a good idea also.

[@ScaryHairyGary]

yes

[@hankt2792]

No sure what you're trying to tell us here, Gary ......just kidding, got the message loud and clear. Will put sunscreen on my new avo trees asap.

[@TaLeng2023]

Is it possible to spray this on? Wouldn't the clay clog the pump?

[@pfirman]

@@TaLeng2023 You can take a paint brush and spatter it on. I was trying to use a hand held bottle spritzer, but it kept clogging. So I tried dipping a medium sized paint brush and that worked well, plus you could easily paint the trunk and branches at the same time.

[@Atylonisus]

Okay, the white "paint" was added to deflect the intense heat of the sun literally cooking the young tree to death.

[@TaLeng2023]

So, do avocados in plantations need some shade tree above it, like what is done with cacao?

[@ScaryHairyGary]

only in very hot climates

[@upeonyambo4645]

Is it sun burning?