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serious questions for cats w/ htiq:i have 6 maples in a row going down a hill. there's probably 20 feet of elevation change at most from the top tree to the bottom tree. for some reason, every year the tree at the top changes colors first, then the next tree, and so on. on the back of the house there are other maples further downhill that haven't even started to change yet. why do they change in that order? do the trees at the top get more or less water or something?
Quit bitching and just enjoy. BTW, red maples.
I think the root systems may be connected?Scooter Libby once sent an email to Judy Miller with this line in it:“Out west, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them.”
Quote from: Kat Kid on November 04, 2021, 08:54:41 PMI think the root systems may be connected?Scooter Libby once sent an email to Judy Miller with this line in it:“Out west, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them.”That was an allegory, and a damn clever one at that.
Quote from: Katpappy on November 04, 2021, 07:37:28 PMQuit bitching and just enjoy. BTW, red maples.def not bitching. I love the cycle because my view is constantly changing, it’s just weird AF. The interconnected root system makes sense tho. I remember seeing something about that on Fantastic Fungi. That actually may explain why my other one-off maple clones that are all by themselves change color just kinda whenever they feel like it with no rhyme or reason
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Water keeps the leaves on longer. Your smaller trees need less and the trees at the bottom of the hill get more. Thus, slower to change in both situations.Sent from my moto g power using Tapatalk
This tree is outside my office window
Quote from: IPA4Me on November 07, 2021, 06:18:44 AMWater keeps the leaves on longer. Your smaller trees need less and the trees at the bottom of the hill get more. Thus, slower to change in both situations.Sent from my moto g power using TapatalkMine are along a level driveway.
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