{"id":13492,"date":"2026-04-05T21:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13492"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:49:02","slug":"white-coats-in-the-orchard-the-hidden-reason-experts-are-painting-tree-trunks-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13492","title":{"rendered":"WHITE COATS IN THE ORCHARD, The Hidden Reason Experts Are Painting Tree Trunks This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trees with white-painted trunks aren\u2019t decorative\u2014it\u2019s protection.<\/p>\n<p>In winter, dark bark absorbs sunlight, warming up during the day. When temperatures suddenly drop at night, the tissue freezes and cracks\u2014a condition called <strong>sunscald<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>White paint reflects sunlight, keeping the trunk temperature stable and preventing damage.<\/p>\n<p>Gardeners use diluted water-based paint so the tree can still \u201cbreathe,\u201d and it may also help deter pests.<\/p>\n<p>In short: that white coating helps trees survive winter and stay healthy. \ud83c\udf33<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Trees with white-painted trunks aren\u2019t decorative\u2014it\u2019s protection. In winter, dark bark absorbs sunlight, warming up during the day. When temperatures suddenly drop at night, the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=13492\" title=\"WHITE COATS IN THE ORCHARD, The Hidden Reason Experts Are Painting Tree Trunks This Season\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13494,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13492\/revisions\/13494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}