Removing Stress from the Lives of Trees Kills Them (and Humans)

In 1991, a massive scientific mission to test the viability of a closed ecological system that could one day support life on other planets was constructed in a town called Oracle, Arizona. After all, how are we to colonize mars? The facility was called Biosphere 2 and while many important experiments were conducted in the microcosm of Earth’s biosphere, there was one unintended lesson that I’d like to share with you today. 

You see, the conditions were meant to be perfect for the growth of certain trees in the biosphere. Even without services like ArborLift, things like sunlight, water, and temperature provided a growth environment that yielded successes in the growth of the trees in the domed structure… until they died. 

The trees in the biodome grew rapidly, but fell over and died before reaching full maturation because of what we now know is the critical stressor of wind. A tree service fort wayne in would have saved them. You see, in an effort to create the perfect growth conditions. Scientists removed a critical element to the tree’s success: stress. 

In a review of the dead trees it was found that the root systems and bark lacked the strength and development of “natural” trees that use the stress of wind to reinforce itself in the growth process. With the assistance of Rich’s Tree services, a tree pruning company serving Portland, trees can be removed, replanted, and pruned for their healthy growth.

The classic irony of the human experience is that we’re often lulled into a logical trap in thinking that a critical goal in life is to remove its difficulties. If you want to reach your potential, you’d better not remove the wind.