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  • From: Claude Genest <genest@together.net>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] "thirsty " trees "sucking"
  • Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:11:48 -0400

much more effective if the birch trees were removed as well as
> they 'suck' hundreds of litres of water on hot days.

In discussing the manner in which trees thirstily "suck" up water, seems we
forget that they do so only temporarily - trees, like humans do not have an
infinite bladder ! - they do not "hold" the water indefinitely. Inevitably,
they return it in one ( improved) way or another...

Claude

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