Comments on: Lunatic question about trees.? http://www.tropical-gardener.com/bugs-pests/lunatic-question-about-trees/ Tips for Growing And Caring Plants in the Tropics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:55:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: btpage0630 http://www.tropical-gardener.com/bugs-pests/lunatic-question-about-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-254 btpage0630 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:42:36 +0000 http://www.tropical-gardener.com/bugs-pests/lunatic-question-about-trees/#comment-254 Well first of all, growing it sideways is no different than growing it normally when it comes to lumber. I'm not sure why one would think there would be a difference there. You still have a round trunk that is made of wood. Either way you will be slicing it the same way for lumber. To the next part of the question, yes, I believe you could get it to grow sideways for a bit, but no phototropism will not trump geotropism over time. In other words, you can get it grow sideways, toward the light, but gravity is going to bring that thing to the ground with no trunk to support the weight of the branches and being part of the weight hanging over the ground to begin with, it is coming down and won't likely survive all that well. Well first of all, growing it sideways is no different than growing it normally when it comes to lumber. I’m not sure why one would think there would be a difference there. You still have a round trunk that is made of wood. Either way you will be slicing it the same way for lumber.

To the next part of the question, yes, I believe you could get it to grow sideways for a bit, but no phototropism will not trump geotropism over time. In other words, you can get it grow sideways, toward the light, but gravity is going to bring that thing to the ground with no trunk to support the weight of the branches and being part of the weight hanging over the ground to begin with, it is coming down and won’t likely survive all that well.

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