Things in life can get severely broken. Much of science has been devoted to doing exactly this for many and various reasons, not all ultimately beneficial.

Things in life also seemingly miraculously heal themselves. Not all science ultimately comprehends how. Though often enough all the clues are present.

Let’s kick off this discussion with a tree.

Some of this image is obscured by healthy Clematis microphylla. To the very left of the image, strong shoots of Eucalyptus gracilis can be seen showing no intention to accept death.

roughbarked said:

Things in life can get severely broken. Much of science has been devoted to doing exactly this for many and various reasons, not all ultimately beneficial.

Things in life also seemingly miraculously heal themselves. Not all science ultimately comprehends how. Though often enough all the clues are present.

Let’s kick off this discussion with a tree.

Some of this image is obscured by healthy Clematis microphylla. To the very left of the image, strong shoots of Eucalyptus gracilis can be seen showing no intention to accept death.

Plants are marvellous at self repair. But season matters. Ringbarking a tree will kill it in summer but not in winter for instance.

I was thinking recently seeing an ancient cave painting stencil of a child’s hands missing two fingers on each hand. It made me realise that the reason humans have so many fingers is because we need to be able to function normally after losing quite a few of them.

mollwollfumble said:

roughbarked said:

Things in life can get severely broken. Much of science has been devoted to doing exactly this for many and various reasons, not all ultimately beneficial.

Things in life also seemingly miraculously heal themselves. Not all science ultimately comprehends how. Though often enough all the clues are present.

Let’s kick off this discussion with a tree.

Some of this image is obscured by healthy Clematis microphylla. To the very left of the image, strong shoots of Eucalyptus gracilis can be seen showing no intention to accept death.

Plants are marvellous at self repair. But season matters. Ringbarking a tree will kill it in summer but not in winter for instance.

I was thinking recently seeing an ancient cave painting stencil of a child’s hands missing two fingers on each hand. It made me realise that the reason humans have so many fingers is because we need to be able to function normally after losing quite a few of them.

You can think as much as you like. That part can be a lot of fun too.

This tree has been seriously broken for longer than one two or three seasons and possibly more yet actually shows no sign to myself as a plant grafting specialist of any healing. The ends of a six metre branch are dead or well on their way there. The energy stored in this part of the tree has taken at nearly a year to say well if we use the stored energy and try to capture some sunlight productively, we may eventually achieve a regraft in situ without sterilisation or hospitalisation if we stick at it long enough.