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[quote=ROGERINCA ,26810]Hi Kyle,There are two purposes for painting the trunks of trees white with a white paint, or paint-like substance. Yes, one purpose is as a retardant for pests; however, I have read that this may not be all that effective, as a measure to ensure the health of the tree ??Next, and most importantly, with respect to trees that ‘line’ the roadway/highway, the purpose/intent was one of highway safety. During periods of low visibility on the roadway, most especially at night, wherein the headlights of the cars would reflect back from the painted tree trunks and make them more visible.Today, this is not usually maintained as a practice, as it was in the past in the US. Here in California, on many of the old highways the were the predecessors to the modern Inter-States, the trunks of the trees were painted white for this reason. The older portions of Route 99, traversing California’s Central Valley, and many other highways from the era of the 1930’s-40’s and continuing into the 60’s, saw the roadway lined with trees that were painted white, from the base upwards about six feet. One can still see today, the traces of the white paint on some of the large older remaining trees, which line the more historic highways in this state.Also, BTW: Yes Rita, the 3rd post in this thread, was not authored by me !! This person used a derivative of my name, as a member ID, and has cut-n-pasted my words from the Happy Birthday Rita, thread, which ran here in late March. As you can see by this member ID, it is one the large group of member ID’s which were removed from this forum/community by the Administrative Staff at TCG.I am sorry if this deception caused you any confusion Rita ?? [/quote]
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