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White-Washing Trees?

Published: July 20, 2020, 5:52 p.m.

Today we kick off a week with Charles Malki, a plant expert with a specific focus on fruit trees. As a new homeowner, I’m learning a lot about fruit tree care and specifically a little-known practice called “white-washing”.

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Charles Malki is the author of Saving The World With The Home Garden: Improve Our Planet's Health With Natural Gardening Lessons. He has a degree in biology, and is the plant expert for IV Organics, a gardening product company and also has a fantastic YT channel of the same name.

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