Gardener Tumanov advised wrapping fruit trees in newspapers

Andrey Tumanov, editor of the newspaper Your 6 Acres, who visited the MK press center, advised summer residents to replace the whitewashing of tree trunks with newspaper wraps. In his opinion, one of the gardeners’ most favorite activities in May does not make much practical sense, and it is much easier to save trunks from sunburn.

A well-known gardener and TV presenter told live that it is most practical to whitewash the bark with slaked lime in the fall to save it from glaciation. However, city housekeepers and horticulturists love to do this important thing in the spring. It is believed that in this way they save the bark from sunburn and nighttime temperature changes. According to Tumanov, you can just as well wrap trees with newspapers – it will be much faster and more practical. And as soon as summer starts, you just need to take off the paper and let the tree sunbathe.