Tree growth

[Vigen Tigen]

Does anybody know if there is any information out there regarding how much girth tree limbs could put on each year?

 

 

[Stubby]

It varies very much dependent on species and ambient conditions .

[Stere]

Mitchells rule for girth of trunks used to  guesstimate tree ages probably work for limbs also...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[daltontrees]

I've never seen any publication dealing with this. Compared to stems, limb growth is partly determined by the amount of woody material needed to support cantilevered loads, determined by limb extension, angle, wind loads and crown damping. It is scientific fact that conifers and broadleafs do this in very different ways too. I suspect the closer they become to vertical the more they will behave like stems. Conifers actively encourage a vertical habit for dominant limbs by putting on extra material on the underside of the limb attachment point.

I'd say it's nearly impossible to generalise.

[Stubby]

4 hours ago, daltontrees said:

I've never seen any publication dealing with this. Compared to stems, limb growth is partly determined by the amount of woody material needed to support cantilevered loads, determined by limb extension, angle, wind loads and crown damping. It is scientific fact that conifers and broadleafs do this in very different ways too. I suspect the closer they become to vertical the more they will behave like stems. Conifers actively encourage a vertical habit for dominant limbs by putting on extra material on the underside of the limb attachment point.

I'd say it's nearly impossible to generalise.

This all day long and twice on Sunday .