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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-326859913-1343006642=:88657 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dave=0AIf you girdled the trees the top shouldn't have any connection wi= th the roots? Agreed?=0ATherefore water, nutrients couldn't pass from the r= oots up and it wouldn't make=0Aany difference if the roots grafted to anoth= er root or not as far as the girdled tree=0Awas concerned. The nutrients mu= st be passing up the stem to keep the trees living.=0AThe wood is very poro= us and water may go through the wood=0APerhaps a beaver could do the job?= =0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: David & Ali= son Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>=0ATo: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Sun= day, July 22, 2012 8:40:40 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] Norway Maple root graft= ing=0A =0ADear All,=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 July 22, 2012=0A=A0 A h= edge of Norway Maple, over a period or 30 years or so, gradually replaced a= hedge of Liliac as they were supressed by large Ash trees at both ends. I = decided to thin the Norway Maple hedge and girdled two trees three or perha= ps four years ago.=0A=0A=A0 I expected these girdled trees to be dead with= in two years but they were still full of life in 2012. The only way I can a= ccount for this is to assume that they readily establish connections with s= ound trees by root grafts. And this in turn may explain the ability of thes= e trees to grow well in dense thickets/hedges.=0A=0AYt, Dave Webster, Kentv= ille ---2114655128-326859913-1343006642=:88657 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Dave</s= pan></div><div><span>If you girdled the trees the top shouldn't have any co= nnection with the roots? Agreed?</span></div><div><span>Therefore water, nu= trients couldn't pass from the roots up and it wouldn't make</span></div><d= iv><span>any difference if the roots grafted to another root or not as far = as the girdled tree</span></div><div><span>was concerned. The nutrients mus= t be passing up the stem to keep the trees living.</span></div><div><span>T= he wood is very porous and water may go through the wood</span></div><div><= span>Perhaps a beaver could do the job?</span></div><div><span>Paul</span><= /div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div= > <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; = font-size: 12pt; "> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2= " face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">Fro= m:</span></b> David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com><br> <b>= <span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca <= br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, July 22,= 2012 8:40:40 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span><= /b> [NatureNS] Norway Maple root grafting<br> </font> </div> <br>Dear All,&= nbsp; July 22, 2012<br>&nb= sp; A hedge of Norway Maple, over a period or 30 years or so, gradually re= placed a hedge of Liliac as they were supressed by large Ash trees at both = ends. I decided to thin the Norway Maple hedge and girdled two trees three = or perhaps four years ago.<br><br> I expected these girdled trees to= be dead within two years but they were still full of life in 2012. The onl= y way I can account for this is to assume that they readily establish connections = with sound trees by root grafts. And this in turn may explain the ability o= f these trees to grow well in dense thickets/hedges.<br><br>Yt, Dave Webste= r, Kentville <br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html> ---2114655128-326859913-1343006642=:88657--
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