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'strangled' conifers
In the last couple of years I've seen two conifers (at least one a
Leylandii) that had been tied to stakes with polythene rope when they were comparatively small, and the rope never slackened, so that it cut deep into the trunk as the tree grew. But much to my surprise, on both occasions the trunk below the strangle was considerably thinner than that above, roughly half as thick I would say. Intuitively, I would have expected it to be the other way around, as I would have thought the strangle would inhibit the upward flow of sap, nutrients etc. to the trunk and branches above. What's the explanation? -- Chris E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net |
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