You put a nail into a tree..........

[C'DaleRider]

You went camping and put a nail into a tree at a height of 3 feet from the ground......hanging a hammock. You returned 12 years later and can just make out the head of the nail. The question is........how high is the nail now?

 

[Bulk Beef]

3'

 

[guyver01]

trees grow wider with age (adding more layers).. they dont grow taller.

3'

 

[DivideBYZero]

If it's a sicad, they grow at 1 centimeter a year.

State tree type. 😛

 

[damiano]

who cares
put another nail for your new hammock

 

[iamme]

if it were like those trees in the LOTR, it would have gotten pissed, hunted you down, and put the nail in your leg about 3ft high.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: C'DaleRider
You went camping and put a nail into a tree at a height of 3 feet from the ground......hanging a hammock. You returned 12 years later and can just make out the head of the nail. The question is........how high is the nail now?

Depends on what the nail has been smokin.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: guyver01
trees grow wider with age (adding more layers).. they dont grow taller.

3'

i agree they grow wider but if they don't grow taller how do they get from little saplings to big shade inducers?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: guyver01
trees grow wider with age (adding more layers).. they dont grow taller.

3'

i agree they grow wider but if they don't grow taller how do they get from little saplings to big shade inducers?

They grow from the top.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: guyver01
trees grow wider with age (adding more layers).. they dont grow taller.

3'

i agree they grow wider but if they don't grow taller how do they get from little saplings to big shade inducers?

i meant to say once they reach their adult height.

just like humans. otherwise we'd all be 10' tall 🙂

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: damiano
who cares
put another nail for your new hammock

LOL

 

[samgau]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: C'DaleRider
You went camping and put a nail into a tree at a height of 3 feet from the ground......hanging a hammock. You returned 12 years later and can just make out the head of the nail. The question is........how high is the nail now?

Depends on what the nail has been smokin.

Muhahahaha

 

[StageLeft]

same height!

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: blackdogdeek

Originally posted by: guyver01
trees grow wider with age (adding more layers).. they dont grow taller.

3'

i agree they grow wider but if they don't grow taller how do they get from little saplings to big shade inducers?

i meant to say once they reach their adult height.

just like humans. otherwise we'd all be 10' tall 🙂

you're not 10' tall and still growing? shorty! you need more sunlight 🙂

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus

Originally posted by: C'DaleRider
You went camping and put a nail into a tree at a height of 3 feet from the ground......hanging a hammock. You returned 12 years later and can just make out the head of the nail. The question is........how high is the nail now?

Depends on what the nail has been smokin.

Best answer so far.

This is a stupid question. It depends on they type and initial age of the tree. I hate riddles where the answer doesn't consider the facts. What's the point? there's no right answer but what the asker says.

 

[Kenazo]

yup, the nail would stay at approx the same hight. trees have these things called meristems or something... Shoot. i remember less of my bio than I thought.

Anyway, trees grow in height (primary growth) from the top, it's not like hair, which grows from the bottom.