One way to slow the growth of many evergreens is to trim the
'candles'--the new, soft growth in early summer (June). You can trim
this growth to about half its length, but make sure you trim the entire
tree evenly. Obviously, this method works best with small trees.

Jayne Geisel, Instructor
Greenspace Management Program
Red River College
204.632.2547

hello

How can I slow a pine trees growth?

Matt

Seems that most of my Email on this subject got lost in transmission. Here
it is again in its entirety. I will try to get back to those of you who have
kindly responded as soon as poss.

I'm pleased that my previous enquiry (about how much alcohol you can get
from potatoes) caused a few smiles but, sadly, I must return to more serious
matters. There are claims on the Net that if you are particularly kind to
algae (which seemingly grow many many times faster than any other green
organisms even if you are not particularly kind to them) they will reward
you with so much biofuel that a mere 4.5 million acres of algal bioreactors
could meet all of the road transport fuel requirements of the United States.

My problem is that, in open- ponds, algae don¹t produce any more dry weight
in 100 days than do potatoes in a field and that the yield of bioethanol
from both (per acre) is about 400 U.K gallons (petrol/gasoline equivalent
270 U.K gallons).

I'm pleased that my previous enquiry (about how much alcohol you can get
from potatoes) caused a few smiles but, sadly, I must return to more serious
matters. There are claims on the Net that if you are particularly kind to
algae (which seemingly grow many many times faster than any other green
organisms even if you are not particularly kind to them) they will reward
you with so much biofuel that a mere 4.5 million acres of algal bioreactors
could meet all of the road transport fuel requirements of the United States=

Do you have a Dvd copy of this that will run in the us? Chris Steele

We are interested in lab activities for large enrollment introductory lab classes that focus on water balance/transport in plants. We have already looked at the lab modules on the UK Science and Plants web site.

Thanks,

Bill Cohen

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Are you familiar with any lab exercises that focus on thermotolerance in plants and heat shock protein expression?

Thanks,

Bill Cohen

Dr. William S. Cohen
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Kentucky
101 Morgan Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0225
Voice: [859] 257 1030
Fax: [859] 257 1717