Lee- Is that a mechanism to 'smooth' inconsistent weather years? -Don > Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:07:37 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Re: rain and growth rates? > > > Joe: > > Yes, you guessed it. The height growth for red pine is set by the number > of preformed primordial cells in the terminal bud, which is set the > previous September. > > Lee > > Joseph Zorzin wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Lee Frelich <mailto:[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[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 > > > > > > > >
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