----- Original Message ----- From: Lee Frelich To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 9:42 AM Subject: [ENTS] Re: rain and growth rates?
(snipped) Red pine has the least sensitive height growth response to current summer's weather of any species I know of. Its height growth is set by the size of the bud formed the prior year, which depends on rainfall that year. Lee, I find this amazing- never heard of such a thing. How does the bud control the height the leader will grow that year? Are the cells already produced but not yet expanded? Joe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
