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Why do the leaves fall from the Trees? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Klimtology
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FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
You believe in birds??
Keerock
Footballguy
Well, the government ones anyway...
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
To make room for the new leaves. It's the circle of life 
ChiefD
Footballguy
:golfclap:
Jayrod
Footballguy
ChiefD
Footballguy
So my kids can rake them up to earn Christmas money.
So they have money to buy Christmas presents. For me. With my own money.
yep: @Phil Elliott is right. circle of life.
So they have money to buy Christmas presents. For me. With my own money.
yep: @Phil Elliott is right. circle of life.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Gravity. What we refer to as "falling" is just a less-massive object (a leaf) being pulled toward an object with greater mass (Earth).
Snoopy
Footballguy
Because Karen Carpenter started to sing.
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
I think the question should be "Why do leaves, or anything for that matter, exist"?
jhib
Footballguy
I guess I'm just a simple guy, but I'd be content with knowing why the Trees deserve a capital letter.
Jayrod
Footballguy
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Klimtology
Footballguy
Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
Skipdog77
Footballguy
The leaves sacrifice themselves for the greater good of the tree as the weather turns colder. Kind of like a beautiful form of seppuku.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
He was referring to the Rush song?
dgreen
Footballguy
Exactly. What, does gravity not exist in Spring or Summer? Of course it does, so gravity can't be answer for when they do fall. That's like blaming gravity for plane crashes.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
Klimtology
Footballguy
Good Tune, but no.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
During the spring and summer the earth is closer to the sun, which screws up the normal flow of gravity. (Obviously it works the other way in the southern hemisphere).Exactly. What, does gravity not exist in Spring or Summer? Of course it does, so gravity can't be answer for when they do fall. That's like blaming gravity for plane crashes.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
MTskibum
Footballguy
They fall from the trees in springtime in Houston, I think gravity works differently here though.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
-OZ-
Footballguy
A. Where else would they fall from?
B. so the simulation can reboot.
Just don’t argue with a tree
B. so the simulation can reboot.
I’ll do you one better; Do leaves exist?
Just don’t argue with a tree
-OZ-
Footballguy
Houston, you have a problem.They fall from the trees in springtime in Houston, I think gravity works differently here though.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
Sullie
Footballguy
So, we have 7 mature oak trees in front of my house and they're beautiful. I'm not a tree hugger but these things are gorgeous. . . a HUGE PITA but I still love 'em. Anyway, they drop a metric TON of leaves. Leaves on the house, in the flower beds, in the garage, sidewalk, street, etc. My top tip for ya if you live in a similar situation. I have an old Honda lawnmower with a mulching blade. I mulch the leaves and then I run over the mulched leaves with the bag on. It saves hours and hours of work. Take that to the bank bromigos or whatever the bro saying thing is.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Gravity is literally the answer to any question that goes "why does _____ fall?'Exactly. What, does gravity not exist in Spring or Summer? Of course it does, so gravity can't be answer for when they do fall. That's like blaming gravity for plane crashes.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
jhib
Footballguy
Because then we'd have to change those names to Fall, too. So they'd still fall in the Fall. Obviously.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
dgreen
Footballguy
Admittedly I don't have an in-depth knowledge of gravity (I slept through most of high school). Are you saying gravity is what detaches the leaf from the tree? In the Fall, the gravity is strong enough to pull the leaf off but in Spring and Summer it isn't?During the spring and summer the earth is closer to the sun, which screws up the normal flow of gravity. (Obviously it works the other way in the southern hemisphere).Exactly. What, does gravity not exist in Spring or Summer? Of course it does, so gravity can't be answer for when they do fall. That's like blaming gravity for plane crashes.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Everybody knows that in the northern hemisphere, gravity is weaker in the summer and stronger in the winter. That's why we play baseball in the summer, so the ball can travel farther. I think it's called the Oreo-less effect but I'm not sure what it has to do with sandwich cookies.Admittedly I don't have an in-depth knowledge of gravity (I slept through most of high school). Are you saying gravity is what detaches the leaf from the tree? In the Fall, the gravity is strong enough to pull the leaf off but in Spring and Summer it isn't?During the spring and summer the earth is closer to the sun, which screws up the normal flow of gravity. (Obviously it works the other way in the southern hemisphere).Exactly. What, does gravity not exist in Spring or Summer? Of course it does, so gravity can't be answer for when they do fall. That's like blaming gravity for plane crashes.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
dgreen
Footballguy
I've always assumed something was going on with the tree. That it is the tree letting go of the leaf and then, obviously, gravity pulls it to the ground once it is detached from the tree.Everybody knows that in the northern hemisphere, gravity is weaker in the summer and stronger in the winter. That's why we play baseball in the summer, so the ball can travel farther. I think it's called the Oreo-less effect but I'm not sure what it has to do with sandwich cookies.Admittedly I don't have an in-depth knowledge of gravity (I slept through most of high school). Are you saying gravity is what detaches the leaf from the tree? In the Fall, the gravity is strong enough to pull the leaf off but in Spring and Summer it isn't?During the spring and summer the earth is closer to the sun, which screws up the normal flow of gravity. (Obviously it works the other way in the southern hemisphere).Exactly. What, does gravity not exist in Spring or Summer? Of course it does, so gravity can't be answer for when they do fall. That's like blaming gravity for plane crashes.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
Klimtology
Footballguy
This sounds reasonable.I've always assumed something was going on with the tree. That it is the tree letting go of the leaf and then, obviously, gravity pulls it to the ground once it is detached from the tree.Everybody knows that in the northern hemisphere, gravity is weaker in the summer and stronger in the winter. That's why we play baseball in the summer, so the ball can travel farther. I think it's called the Oreo-less effect but I'm not sure what it has to do with sandwich cookies.Admittedly I don't have an in-depth knowledge of gravity (I slept through most of high school). Are you saying gravity is what detaches the leaf from the tree? In the Fall, the gravity is strong enough to pull the leaf off but in Spring and Summer it isn't?During the spring and summer the earth is closer to the sun, which screws up the normal flow of gravity. (Obviously it works the other way in the southern hemisphere).Exactly. What, does gravity not exist in Spring or Summer? Of course it does, so gravity can't be answer for when they do fall. That's like blaming gravity for plane crashes.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
Klimtology
Footballguy
This not so much.Everybody knows that in the northern hemisphere, gravity is weaker in the summer and stronger in the winter. That's why we play baseball in the summer, so the ball can travel farther. I think it's called the Oreo-less effect but I'm not sure what it has to do with sandwich cookies.Admittedly I don't have an in-depth knowledge of gravity (I slept through most of high school). Are you saying gravity is what detaches the leaf from the tree? In the Fall, the gravity is strong enough to pull the leaf off but in Spring and Summer it isn't?During the spring and summer the earth is closer to the sun, which screws up the normal flow of gravity. (Obviously it works the other way in the southern hemisphere).Exactly. What, does gravity not exist in Spring or Summer? Of course it does, so gravity can't be answer for when they do fall. That's like blaming gravity for plane crashes.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
Live Oak trees lose about half their leaves in Feb-Apr but continue to lose some leaves year round.Ok.
Why don't they fall in the Spring or Summer then?
The General
Footballguy
Poor flossing. Lack of stretching.
Always comes back to those two I think.
Always comes back to those two I think.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Great point, I have never seen a tree use dental floss. Very poor oral hygiene.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
They got transferred to a different branch.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
A deciduous tree does not so much lose its leaves as it gets rid of them by cutting them and letting them drop.
To do this, the tree grows a cell layer between the leaf stem and the branch called the "abscission" layer (the word derives from the Latin root for "cut"). The abscission layer behaves like a pair of scissors, pushing against the stem and cutting the leaf off. The cut is then sealed so that no moisture can be lost during the winter.
But that's just off the top of my head.
To do this, the tree grows a cell layer between the leaf stem and the branch called the "abscission" layer (the word derives from the Latin root for "cut"). The abscission layer behaves like a pair of scissors, pushing against the stem and cutting the leaf off. The cut is then sealed so that no moisture can be lost during the winter.
But that's just off the top of my head.
3C's
Footballguy
Leave the leaves! https://xerces.org/blog/leave-the-leaves
I have more trees than can be counted. The first year we moved here my wife asked the neighbor about raking and bagging. He couldn't stop laughing. I definitely leave the leaves.
Sullie
Footballguy
I had the same thought so one year I did that. I said "screw it, I'm going to ignore the leaves and deal with it in the spring." The problem is that it's an absolute nightmare. Leaves under the snow, so when you go to shovel the snow you're shoveling frozen leaves and, I mean, that's fun. The leaves clog the drains and sewers so then melting snow backs up and freezes and that's pretty fun. But the biggest problem I had, is that where I left the larger clumps of leaves ALL the grass under those large clumps of leaves killed the grass. So the leaves didn't break down, they just laid there on top of the grass making sure to smother the grass under the leaves thus killing large areas of the yard. I forgot, I also had the worst infestation of voles and rabbits that year so I to spend that year killing voles and filling rabbit holes. But so after all that I had to plant grass seed and grow new grass and look at big giant bald spots in the yard and that was fun.
And, then lastly, since the giant wet clumps of leaves didn't go anywhere, I still had to clean up the leaves in the spring time. . . and so that was pretty fun too. No more leaving the leaves for me.
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
But that does not answer the question of why do they fall. It's gravity my guy. 9.8 m/s^2 on this planet.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I posit a different theory. There is no gravity - the earth sucks.
