On 26 Jan 2005 at 14:04, Anil Kaushik wrote:

Jim

Here in Chandigarh the minimum temperature has drooped to 3-4*C and Boxwood
are still showing growth on the apical areas. But it is surprising that
during the winter months the branches thickened to grew bark into the wire!
Or it was the other way round i.e. the wire cut into the bark may be because
it was tightly coiled or due to cold; shrank and tightened the grip,
cutting into the bark?

No. It didn't get THAT cold. Aluminum doesn't shrink or expand
appreciably with temperature, and I'm pretty sure I didn't wire
too tightly. Most folks say my wiring is too loose and sloppy.
;-)

It is fairly typical for some species to add girth in branches.
From what I'd read, this applied to conifers, but maybe it's
more appropriate to evergreens. My boxwood added no new growth
on the tips of branches.

Interesting.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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