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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3644429" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>That's true.</p><p>The people that manage that forest have also said that the Sequoias are conditioned to fire as this is certainly not the first fire that the General Sherman tree has experienced. The cambium layer is well over a foot thick. I've seen trees with over 2/3 of their cambium layer survive and thrive later as that layer rebuilds itself. </p><p>The heat germinates the seeds creating new growth and so on. I'm betting the NFS is clearing the understory around that tree and others in efforts to preserve that particular forest. The foil is a last resort.</p><p>Here is something interesting we have done on our place with oaks and walnuts that was taught to us by a college trained arborist. </p><p>When trimming limbs there is a crown that you need to cut along. No matter how big the limb is, take a chain saw or in smaller cases a knife or small hand saw to tear up the new growth around the cut. It causes the tree to go into high speed repair which continues to heal the tree, eventually covering the entire area where the the limb was removed. It's dark now, but if I remember I'll take a pic of several limbs removed that have been completely repaired. It takes years, but it does work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3644429, member: 5412"] That's true. The people that manage that forest have also said that the Sequoias are conditioned to fire as this is certainly not the first fire that the General Sherman tree has experienced. The cambium layer is well over a foot thick. I've seen trees with over 2/3 of their cambium layer survive and thrive later as that layer rebuilds itself. The heat germinates the seeds creating new growth and so on. I'm betting the NFS is clearing the understory around that tree and others in efforts to preserve that particular forest. The foil is a last resort. Here is something interesting we have done on our place with oaks and walnuts that was taught to us by a college trained arborist. When trimming limbs there is a crown that you need to cut along. No matter how big the limb is, take a chain saw or in smaller cases a knife or small hand saw to tear up the new growth around the cut. It causes the tree to go into high speed repair which continues to heal the tree, eventually covering the entire area where the the limb was removed. It's dark now, but if I remember I'll take a pic of several limbs removed that have been completely repaired. It takes years, but it does work. [/QUOTE]
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