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Rick Shaw

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Jul 14, 2004, 12:10:14 AM7/14/04
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I was wondering if a palm tree could be painted with something like
latex and not ending up killing it. I just want to shock some neighbors
around my hood and it gives FedEx and UPS folks a landmark of sorts so
they can quit driving around the hood looking for my house.

They seem to servive well enough with volcanic ash and mold and moss all
overthem. I'd leave the leaves alone tho, just the trunks....any
thoughts?

smithfarms pure kona

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Jul 14, 2004, 11:45:04 PM7/14/04
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Gads I don't think so. It would, imho, like painting your legs with
latex. All those other things you mentioned are not solid but can
move as the tree moves. Latex is one piece of essentially glued
plastic. I am not a tree expert but merely sensitive to the natural
world.

Try ask someone at the UH College of Tropical Agriculture before you
do that.

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Glen Miyashiro

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Jul 14, 2004, 11:50:16 PM7/14/04
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Rick Shaw <wok...@footilhawaii.net> wrote in message
news:<1089778...@news.lava.net>...

Sure. I've seen trees with their trunks painted white, usually because
they're next to driveways and the tree owner wanted to make sure
drivers would see (and not hit) them. They seem to grow just fine with
the paint on them.

dai...@hawaii.rr.com

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Jul 15, 2004, 11:15:09 PM7/15/04
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In article <1089778...@news.lava.net>,
Rick Shaw <wok...@footilhawaii.net> wrote:

> I just want to shock some neighbors
> around my hood and it gives FedEx and UPS folks a landmark of sorts so
> they can quit driving around the hood looking for my house.

Paint a tree?

There might be another solution. Since all delivery drivers --
UPS, USPS, FedEx, DHL, etc. -- by tradition, training, and habit rely
upon house numbers to locate addresses, Have you given the idea of
visible and tasteful house numbers any consideration?

Aloha 'aina! Keep Hawaii green!

Kanamakani

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Jul 24, 2004, 1:20:04 AM7/24/04
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Think maybe latex might be too rough, or heavy on the tree, maybe a
water based
paint would be better. Watered down. I remember when they used to
whitewash
the trunks of trees, but don't know what they used.

BookHoarder60

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Jul 24, 2004, 2:40:04 PM7/24/04
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Maybe a gentler approach might be to tie (loosely) a strip of cloth
around the
trunk? Maybe an odd color that will stand out...
just a thought.


Hunt

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Sep 23, 2004, 10:55:01 PM9/23/04
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In article <1090646...@news.lava.net>, kanam...@aol.com says...

There is a water-based white paint used in AZ on the lower trunk of citrus
trees to help fight sun-scald, to which the trees are vulnerable. It does not
harm the citrus trees, however, given the porosity of a palm, there may be
problems.

Hunt

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