Whichever trunk protection you use, start it as low as you can get it (at least under the mulch) and go up to at least 4 feet on the trunk.

Painting is better If tree trunk protection is needed against sunscald on thin-barked trees such as ash, birch, linden, red oak or maple, there is a much better way to go.

One of the major benefits of the TreePan, which has a diameter of 3 feet, is protection of the tree trunk — protection from lawn mowers and string trimmers (weedeaters), protection from rodents ...

Is it really necessary to paint young trees? A. The short answer is yes, it’s important to paint or wrap your tree to prevent sunburn and sunscald on the trunk and scaffold branches.

What happens, in short, is that bark on the southwest side of the trunk is exposed to afternoon sun, and the sap gets warm enough that it starts moving in the tree. Normally this is fine, except ...

Incorrect pruning, particularly “topping,” is the surest way to ruin a tree. If it doesn’t kill the tree outright, it will ...

Plastic or sheet-metal rodent guards may be placed around trunks at the base of the tree, particularly to protect young trees, or they may be attached farther up the trunk to prevent tree ...

Garden centers sell various products for tree trunk protection. Wrapping a young apple tree on a roll allows for different diameter and can be applied higher on the tree.

Purdue Landscape Report: Recently, there has been an uptick in questions related to one of Indiana’s most notorious invasive pests: the emerald ash borer. Homeowners, businesses, even professionals ...