Mumbai: BMC Park Supervisor, Jeetendra Pardeshi, explained in an article in ARB Autumn magazine (official magazine Arboricultural Association of England), that traditional tree care techniques from painting rods here are red and white, using Synod (Geru) and lime, protecting Trees from mushrooms and insects.
There are 2.9 million trees in Mumbai and more than 200 species.
In February, he said, Sultan Tuanku Sallehuddin from the country of Keda Malaysia visited Mumbai, when he saw red and white in the tree trunk.
Upon returning, he told the officials to find out the reasons and check whether they helped protect the tree.
The Malaysian Consul in Mumbai, Zainal Azlan Mohd Nadzir, then visited the BMC Department of BMC in byculla to study painting pants, he said.
“Synopia has the nature of acid and lime has an alkaline properties.
The exact application of both helps control the mushrooms in the tree.
Where more rain, trees are more likely to develop molds.
Therefore, even in areas fed like Mumbai, Trees are more likely to get mushrooms.
To prevent fungus spread, Synopia is applied to the bottom of the stem, and the chalk above, “Pardeshi said.
It also protects trees from fungal diseases and pest attacks, he said.
Bors-borers, which kill trees by matching in the stem, can be prevented and controlled by painting luggage with this mixture.
‘It can also function as a reflector and identify government properties.
Thin paint, he explained, prepared from white lime and red pattern mixed with water and applied to the band one above the other, from the ground to around 1.5 m.
“White / red band alternative width 30-40cm.
Color contrast makes it easier to see sawdust residues or cell sap flowing from the stem produced by tunneling larvae, thus allowing the infestation easily,” he said.
Phomopsis and several diseases, caused by pseudomonas bacteria, can be rejected or controlled by applying limestone and shown, he said, adding, colored rings also function as a reflector.
“Tree paint works the same way as reflector on the road.
Because white can look better at night, this helps the spot tree driver along the road easily and red is easily seen on that day,” he said.
It also increases the aesthetic display of trees that are planted along the road or road and give them a formal, uniform and well-maintained appearance.
The painting even makes it easier for people to recognize it is a government and protected property.
This increases tree legal protection and avoids unnecessary logging without proper permission, he said.
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