> Please DO NOT put anything around a tree. All of the sap, water,
> nutrients, etc. are brought up under the bark layer. Anything that puts
> pressure on this epidermal path will choke off the sap and eventually kill
> the tree.
Tying things around a tree really won't hurt them. Increased risk of
disease, yes, but:
The vascular plant tissue cell types (xylem,phloem, parenchyma,
sclerenchyma) will each make up for deficiencies in their neighbors. An
exception (occasionally) to this is when a tree is girdled, disrupting the
flow entirely, all at once. Abrasion this severe would be hard to
accomplish by manually wrapping wire/rope around it, a chainsaw sometimes
doesn't even work!
Ever look at really old barbed wire fences? Good ol' trees just grow right
around them w/o blinking. Garden hose is pointless, it'll be rotten and
gone before it has a chance to eleviate "pressure" on the tree. Even if
it's not, the tree will grow around it too.
Trees, the perfect ham radio organism.
73,
Blake N4GI
Ecologist, Environmental Consultant
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