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It seems that this would only work once the bodies are pretty thoroughly decomposed, and the trees have had time to absorb the nutrients this creates. I imagine

by bb123 6y ago

It seems that this would only work once the bodies are pretty thoroughly decomposed, and the trees have had time to absorb the nutrients this creates. I imagine this takes quite a while. A useful technique perhaps, but I can't imagine it solving any hot cases because of that delay.

pvaldes 6y ago
The problem is that they are underestimating how hard can be the botany. For many people trees are just geometric figures in an architect plan. 1-Is well known that trees have symbiotic fungus. Sometimes the fungus is not present locally, sometimes there are more than one fungus species. Same tree, three types of grow. 2-The same tree can grow different in different soils also 3-The same tree can be perennial or semi-decicuous in dry spells or different years (Totally different color in satellite photos) 4-Some trees (Liriodendron for example) behave very differently just by genetic variation. Each seedling grows at their own pace. Therefore, you can't compare two trees. 5-Some trees are hybrid, their grow can be stunted or increased by hybrid vigor. Is difficult even for trained botanists armed with microscopes to distinguish hybrid oaks or willows (and they hybridize all the time). 6-Is known that sometimes a bigger tree nurtures a smaller tree by mean of a root bridge. Sometimes is the same tree, other a genetically different specimen. So if a sapling suddenly starts to growing faster and greener than the other, maybe it just has connected to rooternet. 7-Or one of its roots managed to enter in a water pipe or reached a very low phreatic level 8-Or is genetically resistant to a common plague that affects 90% of the other trees. 9-Or it has a raptor nest, so it has a lot of nitrogen and zero resident squirrels. 10-Or an alellopathic neighbour has being struck by a lightning and died, stopping to poison the soil. In brief, they just didn't meditate enough before to jump to this pool. Should have asked a botanist about the project. I'm sad to inform them that the task that they are trying is a titanic effort.

by bb123 6y ago

pvaldes 6y ago

The problem is that they are underestimating how hard can be the botany. For many people trees are just geometric figures in an architect plan. 1-Is well known that trees have symbiotic fungus. Sometimes the fungus is not present locally, sometimes there are more than one fungus species. Same tree, three types of grow. 2-The same tree can grow different in different soils also 3-The same tree can be perennial or semi-decicuous in dry spells or different years (Totally different color in satellite photos) 4-Some trees (Liriodendron for example) behave very differently just by genetic variation. Each seedling grows at their own pace. Therefore, you can't compare two trees. 5-Some trees are hybrid, their grow can be stunted or increased by hybrid vigor. Is difficult even for trained botanists armed with microscopes to distinguish hybrid oaks or willows (and they hybridize all the time). 6-Is known that sometimes a bigger tree nurtures a smaller tree by mean of a root bridge. Sometimes is the same tree, other a genetically different specimen. So if a sapling suddenly starts to growing faster and greener than the other, maybe it just has connected to rooternet. 7-Or one of its roots managed to enter in a water pipe or reached a very low phreatic level 8-Or is genetically resistant to a common plague that affects 90% of the other trees. 9-Or it has a raptor nest, so it has a lot of nitrogen and zero resident squirrels. 10-Or an alellopathic neighbour has being struck by a lightning and died, stopping to poison the soil. In brief, they just didn't meditate enough before to jump to this pool. Should have asked a botanist about the project. I'm sad to inform them that the task that they are trying is a titanic effort.