Dose any one know why Corylus avellana 'Contorta' grows the way it dose?

[Ben Noyce]

Dose any one know why Corylus avellana 'Contorta' grows the way it dose?

[HCR]

Only a guess, but it could be that the gene contolling growth (i.e. ensuring that it is even on both sides of a growing shoot) is faulty, so one side randomly grows faster than the other.

[Ben Noyce]

thanks

 

i was tolled once it was some sort of infection because the new shots from the root base grow as normal

[HCR]

They're all clones though (as far as I know) which suggests that it's genetic. If it was an infection non corkscrew hazels would catch it and suddenly start twisting.

[Ben Noyce]

its makes sence for it to be genenic

[Ben Noyce]

i think i have just worked it out

 

i was tolled wrongly that it was just a normal hazel that has been infected but have just look in my collins tree guide and seen its just a corkscrew hazel variants so you are right its genetic

[HCR]

thanks

 

i was tolled once it was some sort of infection because the new shots from the root base grow as normal

 

It could be a messed up phototropic response (also genetic) as new shoots grow upward as the result of a geotropic response; phototropism takes over only after the initial growth phase.

[Ben Noyce]

well ionly done two years of arb (level 2 and 3 going on to do 3 extened) so dont know that much lol

[HCR]

Asking the right questions is the route to knowledge, so you should go far

[Ben Noyce]

thanks