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Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants

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Re: Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants

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Post by dyauspitr »

culi wrote: post #8
emerongi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or: drink when you feel thirsty and change your position when your back gets tired.

Yes, the science has moved to "drink when you're thirsty" a long time ago and it's annoying how many people believe drinking 3 liters of water per day is a key tenant of human health. (most of) Our bodies are quite good at telling us when we should drink more water. You should never be forcing yourself to drink https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-mi... https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/3…

But why? unless it’s a copious amount of water like a gallon or more in an hour or two or something insane like that what is the problem with drinking water? I would assume it would just have positive effects.

Re: Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants

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culi wrote: post #5

Trees "calculate" which branches to drop based on data they gather as they grow. A competent and experienced arborist knows how to read the tree and simply safely cut off the branches that the tree was already intending to drop so that it doesn't fall on your house or whatever. Inexperienced arborists often ignore this key dendrology fact and may totally butcher your tree. In the process they can create an even large…

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Re: Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants

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Post by vlyan »

culi wrote: post #5

Trees "calculate" which branches to drop based on data they gather as they grow. A competent and experienced arborist knows how to read the tree and simply safely cut off the branches that the tree was already intending to drop so that it doesn't fall on your house or whatever. Inexperienced arborists often ignore this key dendrology fact and may totally butcher your tree. In the process they can create an even large…

>NEVER TOP YOUR TREES

they do it where I live because the branches bang against apartments' windows when it's windy. I don't think there's another low-maintenance solution.

Re: Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants

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Post by culi »

dyauspitr wrote: post #11
culi wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, the science has moved to "drink when you're thirsty" a long time ago and it's annoying how many people believe drinking 3 liters of water per day is a key tenant of human health. (most of) Our bodies are quite good at telling us when we should drink more water. You should never be forcing yourself to drink https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-mi... https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/3…

But why? unless it’s a copious amount of water like a gallon or more in an hour or two or something insane like that what is the problem with drinking water? I would assume it would just have positive effects.

> "You can become dehydrated if you take in too little. And you can actually cause problems, such as exercise-induced low sodium or hyponatremia, if you take in too much," says Dr. Sara Filmalter, a Mayo Clinic family physician. "So the general rule of thumb at this point among physicians is to drink to thirst."

Re: Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants

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Post by culi »

vlyan wrote: post #13
culi wrote: post #5

Trees "calculate" which branches to drop based on data they gather as they grow. A competent and experienced arborist knows how to read the tree and simply safely cut off the branches that the tree was already intending to drop so that it doesn't fall on your house or whatever. Inexperienced arborists often ignore this key dendrology fact and may totally butcher your tree. In the process they can create an even large…

>NEVER TOP YOUR TREES they do it where I live because the branches bang against apartments' windows when it's windy. I don't think there's another low-maintenance solution.

Coppicing or pollarding are both well-historied techniques that can be used to keep trees growing short. They differ significantly from topping and require a lot of expertise. They also have to be started when the tree is young

Re: Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants

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Post by argimenes »

culi wrote: post #5

Trees "calculate" which branches to drop based on data they gather as they grow. A competent and experienced arborist knows how to read the tree and simply safely cut off the branches that the tree was already intending to drop so that it doesn't fall on your house or whatever. Inexperienced arborists often ignore this key dendrology fact and may totally butcher your tree. In the process they can create an even large…

Fascinating! Where is this data stored? I love the idea of a Tree DB queried via TreeSQL.

Re: Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants

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Post by mightysashiman »

culi wrote: post #5

Trees "calculate" which branches to drop based on data they gather as they grow. A competent and experienced arborist knows how to read the tree and simply safely cut off the branches that the tree was already intending to drop so that it doesn't fall on your house or whatever. Inexperienced arborists often ignore this key dendrology fact and may totally butcher your tree. In the process they can create an even large…

I'd like to grow bonzai. I have zero prior knowledge. I suppose what you mention applies. Would you happen to have any good resource that applies to bonzai science please?

Re: Tension wood: A 'muscle' that can both bend and straighten plants

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Post by jalk »

culi wrote: post #5

Trees "calculate" which branches to drop based on data they gather as they grow. A competent and experienced arborist knows how to read the tree and simply safely cut off the branches that the tree was already intending to drop so that it doesn't fall on your house or whatever. Inexperienced arborists often ignore this key dendrology fact and may totally butcher your tree. In the process they can create an even large…

>NEVER TOP YOUR TREES

Kind of annoying when all the fruit is several meters out of reach

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