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I wish they had a picture of this fig tree they mention.

by cbanek 2y ago

fourthark 2y ago
> a fig tree so huge it would take three people wrapping their arms around the trunk to cover the circumference. No way that grew in 16 years…
- cortesoft 2y ago
  Fig trees are incredibly fast growing. They can grow 15 feet in a single year
  - asdasdsddd 2y ago
    Fig trees are insane, you can literally put a branch on the ground and it will grow
- CuriousCosmic 2y ago
  Keep in mind that banyan trees (those massive trees that can basically be a small forest in of themselves) are figs as well. Figs grow incredibly fast and often go from a bunch of vines all fighting to climb for sunlight into a giant fused mass that is a fig tree.
  - Suppafly 2y ago
    >Keep in mind that banyan trees (those massive trees that can basically be a small forest in of themselves) are figs as well. Do they produce fruit or are they just related to the fruiting ones?
    - CuriousCosmic 2y ago
      They are figs so they do produce the same kind of syconiums as figs but it's not really intended to be consumed by humans because it is small, tastes bitter, and can be a mild laxative. Plenty of other animals consume it tho and it's used a lot for feeding livestock.
  - fuzztester 2y ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banyan_trees_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banyan_trees_in_Indi...
- worthless-trash 2y ago
  The rainforest adapts -very- quickly to regrowth and second growth making way for the much older and much slower growing trees. I fear you underestimate the power of earths biology, especially in the rainforest areas.
CuriousCosmic 2y ago
This is the best image I could find (from another article). It's not the same fig but you can see a pretty substantial fig growth in this image. https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xOTUzMDk3MC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTcxMDU3OTg0NX0.JW3vLaLoqHeml4gWw0fYkr4cC9DFLkZAjHjUJdlZIuc/img.jpg?width=980 https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI... https://www.upworthy.com/a-juice-company-dumped-orange-peels-in-a-national-park-heres-what-it-looks-like-now-rp7 https://www.upworthy.com/a-juice-company-dumped-orange-peels...

I wish they had a picture of this fig tree they mention.

by cbanek 2y ago

I wish they had a picture of this fig tree they mention.

> a fig tree so huge it would take three people wrapping their arms around the trunk to cover the circumference. No way that grew in 16 years…

cortesoft 2y ago
Fig trees are incredibly fast growing. They can grow 15 feet in a single year
- asdasdsddd 2y ago
  Fig trees are insane, you can literally put a branch on the ground and it will grow
CuriousCosmic 2y ago
Keep in mind that banyan trees (those massive trees that can basically be a small forest in of themselves) are figs as well. Figs grow incredibly fast and often go from a bunch of vines all fighting to climb for sunlight into a giant fused mass that is a fig tree.
- Suppafly 2y ago
  >Keep in mind that banyan trees (those massive trees that can basically be a small forest in of themselves) are figs as well. Do they produce fruit or are they just related to the fruiting ones?
  - CuriousCosmic 2y ago
    They are figs so they do produce the same kind of syconiums as figs but it's not really intended to be consumed by humans because it is small, tastes bitter, and can be a mild laxative. Plenty of other animals consume it tho and it's used a lot for feeding livestock.
- fuzztester 2y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banyan_trees_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banyan_trees_in_Indi...
worthless-trash 2y ago
The rainforest adapts -very- quickly to regrowth and second growth making way for the much older and much slower growing trees. I fear you underestimate the power of earths biology, especially in the rainforest areas.

CuriousCosmic 2y ago

This is the best image I could find (from another article). It's not the same fig but you can see a pretty substantial fig growth in this image. https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xOTUzMDk3MC9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTcxMDU3OTg0NX0.JW3vLaLoqHeml4gWw0fYkr4cC9DFLkZAjHjUJdlZIuc/img.jpg?width=980 https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI... https://www.upworthy.com/a-juice-company-dumped-orange-peels-in-a-national-park-heres-what-it-looks-like-now-rp7 https://www.upworthy.com/a-juice-company-dumped-orange-peels...