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... have a chance to move back into the still living tissues. When a living branch is suddenly removed, all of the nitrogenous ... in the sapwood maintains a defense potential, because it contains living cells. Protection wood has very little or no nitrogen or ... must take care to recognize "dead wood" among employees and non-living things. The faster you discard "dead wood," the healthier your business ...
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... the tree is a living, dynamic, organism, then to treat it is essential to understand the basic principles of all living things. This means an ... trees and for the best ways to treat the living tree and its many living associates-the tree system. Proper pruning of trees ... Their mansions or castles were built on land scraped of all living things. Photos showed that new trees and new gardens were the ...
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... the chemicals and chemistry of life. Trees are not only living systems, but they are the most massive, longest living and tallest living systems ever to grow on earth. They support more communities ... aware of the principles of life. The general principles of life are true for all living things. However, specific principles differ for each species. Defense is a general principle, but the specific ...
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Armillaria Root Rots
... are usually larger than those in trunk wood. "Agree or not, all living things will obey natural laws of energy and matter. The laws ... to other forms. " Great numbers of living parenchyma cells usually surround root wood vessels. The living cells in root wood also "make" ... attack. Everyone will obey nature's laws Agree or not, all living things will obey natural laws of energy and matter. The laws ...
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WATER
... brief glimpse of water, one of the most essential substances for trees and for all living things. To be an arborist and not have some understanding about water is unthinkable for me ... and oils. When the flush for new growth starts, some of the stored starch in living parenchyma cells in wood and behind buds is converted back to glucose. Water plays a ...
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CANKER
... , not living trees. It is difficult to believe that tree biology is "a new kid on the block." You will never learn about living things by studying dead things, or by calling living things by names that belong to dead things! Canker rots are all too common. Ring rots are ...
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ONE ABSORPTIVE STRUCTURE, MYCORRHIZA
... words we use. A FOREST is a SYSTEM where trees and many other communities, of living things, are all connected in a way that insures survival for ALL! A forest is very ... trees, e.g., beeches, in the leaf mulch (last years fallen leaves). COMPACTION of the LIVING SOIL destroys the habitat for the mycorrhizae leading to many problems. Diagrams from The Desk ...
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mulchart
... is a highly ordered arrangement of living organisms living in, on and around (dead, dying & living) trees in such an highly ... slope to collect things. I have dissected many nurse logs and have found many living organisms including colonies of ... Things that should be avoided Herbicides really have little if any benefit for the tree system, soil, wildlife or applicator. Black plastic will separate living ...
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TEP
... be out of a job. An Example: Stress Trees are living systems. Every living system will do something when its survival is threatened. ... near the limits increases. Call it primary stress. Because trees are living systems, they must maintain a continuous flow of energy. Trees ... level. Education starts when people begin to touch and see things for themselves. Education is the key Stress is used here ...
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... Haverford Hospital, recently turned 80 and believes his golden years are improving his memories of things past. "I have a pathological inability to forget," he says. Those memories are the stuff ... . But when the doctor's deadline neared, her behavior changed radically and she simply stopped living. The little tale ends: "Obedient as always, she died at the predicted time. The nagging ...
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