themotherfuckingclickerkid:rosierugosa:banji-effect: Hollow trees are often more stable than bef

themotherfuckingclickerkid: rosierugosa: banji-effect: Hollow trees are often more stable than before their cores rotted! “The removal of the tree’s dead heart brings yet another advantage. The change of form from solid pillar to hollow cylinder alters the way in which the trunk reacts to mechanical stress. It is much more resilient and stable. The removal of many tons of timber also reduces the strain on the tree’s elderly and doubtless somewhat decayed root system. The result is that an old hollow tree is often able to withstand a gale better than a younger undecayed one. In the ancient hunting parks of England such as Windsor, where trees stand out in the open, unprotected by others from the wind, it is by no means rare after a storm to discover that hollow oaks, four or five hundred years old, remain upright when younger ones, a quarter their age, have been blown over.” https://asknature.org/strategy/relationship-provides-nutrients-stability/ @themotherfuckingclickerkid not bonsai, but look at the cool tree thing I’ve seen a lot of hollow bonsai. Having hollows and big holes is a great way to make your little tree look ‘aged’ which is what bonsai is all about. One of my favorite bonsai trees is almost completely hollow. And a shitton of shimpaku juniper bonsai are almost entirely deadwood with a single living vein supporting the foliage. The white of the trunk here is deadwood (specifically ‘shari’ which is deadwood on the trunk) and that brown vein running through it it is the only living part of the tree, which is where the foliage is growing at the top (well, the far left). -- source link
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