cutting a tree limb, to the tree is like cutting your little finger. Anybody ever heard this, or know the facts?
2006-10-07 19:20:53 · 6 answers · asked by firedup 6 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
In the sense that it may cause pain, possibly, but trees have the ability to reproduce from the point at which they were "injured". That is whay you may notice alot of "nobs" or thicker bark in certain places. Too deep of a cut will not heal over though. I once knew a biologist that had taken an apple tree and cut all the branches off so that he had a 4 foot tall stump. He then took three thick branches from three different apple trees, bound them together,attached them to the stump and now has a hybrid tree. It still grows the same apples from the original branches and not the stump.
2006-10-07 19:27:40 · answer #1 · answered by thatcatworm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some trees drop limbs all on their own so it can't be true for all trees. Also trees continue to grow so they can have half of their upper body removed and go on healthy as ever once the initial shock passes. Simple pruning is probably more like pushing back cuticles while removing a quarter of the tree would be like having your appendix removed. The tree won't miss it once it's healed but it'll take some time before it's quite back to normal.
2006-10-07 19:29:34 · answer #2 · answered by Kuji 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to the tree it is after all trees are living things and as all living things feel pain in their own way. I think they did a study once long ago to see if trees or plants feel pain and how they react... I forgot the situation and all but the results were that they were able to prove that trees and plants feel pain when you cut something from them....
2006-10-07 19:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is healthier in the long run to have the tree pruned well, to cut off diseased /stressed limbs and prevent them from rubbing together and to encourage growth.
2006-10-08 03:06:10 · answer #4 · answered by Taffy Saltwater 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have not, but I know that if you cut a branch that is not crossing, or if you cut a branch that puts the tree out of balance, the wound willl take a long time to heal. compared to doing the oppisite!
2006-10-07 19:46:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trees don't have brains. Or nerve endings. How the hell could it be like cutting off a finger? Down with the environment! Up with pollution and nuclear weapons!
2006-10-07 19:37:16 · answer #6 · answered by dirtmerchant_12b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋