Thursday, July 23, 2015

The Tree-wrap Experiment

When I first wrapped "my" trees, it had been hot, hot, hot and dry, dry, dry for weeks.  But...a week later: deluge!  We had a full day of almost torrential rain and high wind.

Next day I went out to check.  Did my ties hold?  What did they look like now?

Post-deluge, July 18-2015

The good news: they were (and are) all still in place!  And...some of them have begun to pick up stains from the underlying bark:


Interestingly, the sheet remnant didn't show anything then...



Neither did a strip of synthetic sheer fabric...


But as of yesterday, the morning after the hail storm the night before...

Hail stone - July 21, 2015
I checked again.  All four trees are still wrapped firmly, and now all of the wraps are being impacted by the elements.

Stay tuned...!  (Linking now to WIP Wednesday on The Needle and Thread Network...and going off to work at The Shop.  Lacombe Days sales begin today!)

8 comments:

rtquilter said...

Yikes! That is a husky hailstone. I hope you didn't sustain any damage from that. Good luck with the wraps.

Kathie Briggs said...

Cool that the wraps are beginning to transform. Glad you (and they) survived the storm. This is an interesting process.

Giddings Art said...

Your tree wrapping experiment is very interesting!

Judy Warner said...

Can't wait to see how they turn out!

els said...

This is such an interesting experiment. I think I am going to try it on Saba when I am back next week. Did you prepare your cotton with something, or just tied the plain fabric around the tree? How long will you leave them on the tree or is it just wait and see what happens?

Pat said...

Goodness, gracious, that hailstone is huge. I love your tee wraps, how long can you wait before taking a peek?

Maggi said...

That hailstone is enormous. Glad the elements are beginning to do their work.

JennyPennyPoppy said...

What a very neat idea! Looking forward to seeing the outcome.