A stump that wont die

[Paul Cleaver]

The Stump That Didn’t Die

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Through underground connections with its neighbors, it somehow stays alive. What does that say about the concept...

Interesting

[se7enthdevil]

drill holes in it and fill it with diesel. that should kill it.

 

 

[Conor Wright]

The Stump That Didn’t Die

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Through underground connections with its neighbors, it somehow stays alive. What does that say about the concept... Interesting

Good read. Thanks for posting.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Here’s (what I thought) a really good animation aimed at school children which touches on the subject of inter connectivity between trees, roots & fungal associations. 

 

It might be a bit too advanced for here but worth a punt....  Alternatively, there’s always the drill ‘n fill option ? but bare in mind, it may have greater adverse implications than initially thought....

 

 

 

[Paul Cleaver]

1 hour ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Here’s (what I thought) a really good animation aimed at school children which touches on the subject of inter connectivity between trees, roots & fungal associations. 

 

It might be a bit too advanced for here but worth a punt....  Alternatively, there’s always the drill ‘n fill option ? but bare in mind, it may have greater adverse implications than initially thought....

 

 

 

I don't think is too advanced - good vid about mycorrhiza mainly.

In the vid I posted the amazing thing is, despite the stump having NO LEAVES  its still alive!!!!  

I think you are right about the implications of drill and fill on tree stumps (with root graft potential). Worth considering In some situations

[Dan Maynard]

Interesting article, especially the research on water flow in the stump being directly related to flow in neighbours. I have read in one of my books (can't remember which now) about this water flow thing, my wife still teaches that transpiration pulls water through a tree in biology classes but it must be more complicated.

How does water get up the tree in spring when sap rising? And when I lop branches off why do I sometimes get sap flowing out of the cut ends (esp birch, maple)? In fact, how does a pollard survive?

[Mark J]

Water Uptake and Transport in Vascular Plants

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How does water move through plants to get to the top of tall trees? Here we describe the pathways and mechanisms...

 

12 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Interesting article, especially the research on water flow in the stump being directly related to flow in neighbours. I have read in one of my books (can't remember which now) about this water flow thing, my wife still teaches that transpiration pulls water through a tree in biology classes but it must be more complicated.

How does water get up the tree in spring when sap rising? And when I lop branches off why do I sometimes get sap flowing out of the cut ends (esp birch, maple)? In fact, how does a pollard survive?

It's to do with chemical potential.

[Dan Maynard]

Thanks for that, will read and digest.

[struie]

21 hours ago, se7enthdevil said:

drill holes in it and fill it with diesel. that should kill it.

 

 

why kill it,it looks brilliant.

[Stubby]

51 minutes ago, struie said:

why kill it,it looks brilliant.

This .  Just let it carry on . Interesting just to study it from time to time .