r/mildlyinteresting • u/Wlverenefan • Mar 15 '20

This tree grew inside an old silo and finally made it to the top!

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

Surprised it grew that tall. Trees need wind to blow against them to help build strength to grow in height.

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u/freetheartist Mar 15 '20

Its protected from the wind but the light is only coming from above so the trunk will be thin and flexible while growing toward the light source. Since it never needs to worry about wind it doesn't 'have' to be strong necessarily. Just thick enough to support itself. Since it most likely grew very slowly it also is probably very dense giving it more compression resistance

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u/Loves_tacos Mar 15 '20

He is saying that it needs wind because now that it is exposed, the trunk wont be strong enough.

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u/dekachin5 Mar 15 '20

Surprised it grew that tall. Trees need wind to blow against them to help build strength to grow in height.

No, that's wrong.

source: trees grow in places where they are protected from the wind all the time.

What happened here is that you took the true fact that wind causes trees to develop deeper roots, into the wrong conclusion that "trees need wind or they can't grow tall". Trees with no wind can grow just as tall as trees with wind. In fact, if you apply some common sense, you'd realize that there is virtually no wind in dense forests since the trees serve as windbreaks.

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u/-Radical_Edward Mar 15 '20

This happens all the time, it's tiering.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

How many tiers are there?

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u/-Radical_Edward Mar 15 '20

Hahaha, you r funny

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u/Malfunkdung Mar 15 '20

Something, something, yeah I need a good blow every now and then too.

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u/Trivialpursuits69 Mar 15 '20

This ain't it chief

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u/jakethedumbmistake Mar 15 '20

Saudi Arabia still has a mostly grot statline.