The bark on fruit trees in your garden may become cracked for a variety of reasons.
An expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh believes that one of the factors that can provoke this unpleasant phenomenon is the wrong choice of variety.
Therefore, before adding another seedling to your collection, be sure to read the information about whether it can grow in the conditions of your region.
In addition, the bark sometimes cracks because the plant is too heat-loving.
If you are sure that the planted tree has sufficient winter hardiness and frost resistance, cracks may appear due to improper planting.
Experienced gardeners are also confident that even such a factor as overdoing it with fertilizers can influence the formation of defects.
Finally, whitewashing of trees can influence this behavior of the bark.
To be sure that the procedure will go without a hitch, prepare the whitewashing solution yourself from slaked lime with copper or iron sulfate in water.
