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Beautiful, but did they remove the trees with all its roots intact to draw? I’d like to know how they did it.
by nyc111 5y ago
Beautiful, but did they remove the trees with all its roots intact to draw? I’d like to know how they did it.
- aaron695 5y ago
- viraptor 5y agoI'm curious too. The descriptions has the heading of "excavated tree" dimensions, so it sounds like it was at least partially removed. Unfortunately the original publication is not available. And even if it's back, I'm not sure I'd spend $1.9k to check... https://www.amazon.com/Mitteleuropaeischer-Gruelandpflanzen-Dicotyledoneae-mitteleuropaeischer-Gruenlandpflanzen/dp/3437306693 https://www.amazon.com/Mitteleuropaeischer-Gruelandpflanzen-...
- hellbannedguy 5y ago
- augustuspolius 5y agoThey have a few far cheaper reprints on eBay.
- pg314 5y agoIt reminds me of the drawings by John E. Weaver from the thirties [1]. They were made by painstakingly digging a deep trench to study and sketch the roots. They did it multiple times for each crop to get a sense of how they develop in time. [1]https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/root-development-vegetable-crops-zb0z1308zkin https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/root-devel...