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Thread #130343 Message #2932793
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
22-Jun-10 - 03:48 PM
Thread Name: I've heard it all now-Moon Spruce from Switzerland
Subject: RE: I've heard it all now.
Ebbie, I believe a tree produces wood without knots when it is the right distance from neighboring trees. Given the right conditions, it sheds useless limbs (those not getting light) without producing knots.
Knots are produced when a limb is broken and needs to be sealed off by the tree.