How Old Is This Tree?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2019
- I take a sample to determine the age of a pinyon pine tree.
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Some tips for the future:
1. Start about 10cm from the root collar and angle your bore downward to the base of the root collar. If you're practised enough, you can often hit the actual germination point, and the angling makes it easier to resolve small rings.
2. Use the angles of branches to find the middle of the tree. They'll all meet at the pith.
3. Drill between whorls of branches. If you hit a knot your core will be all screwy.
Also, that doesn't look like compressed wood, just very slow growth!
Jonathan Degner man, Cody’s fanbase is varied
What are you, some kind of tree scientist? (Seriously though, is this a hobby you've taken too far or your actual job?)
Wouldn't drilling downwards create a place for water to pool and encourage rot/infection?
@@arbitraryuser He's probably a tree lawyer.
@@DjDolHaus86 I'm sure researchers plug the hole to prevent phytophagous attack.
One of the things I love about this channel is how genuinely excited and happy Cody gets when working on these projects. Makes me smile every time.
6:10 I see how you're looking at the tree core... I swear to god if you eat it
He would have to charcoal it first and marinate in Mercury.
@@terryboyer1342 garnish it with some potassium and sodium
😄
Hmm yes I’d say that all the other reply’s seem to point towards attempting to make death sticks
Don't tempt him. You know he'd make a video on his BLab, or make another video about "my snack took 200 years to make
Love how Cody says he'd have to donate $20.40 but donates $204 instead
Now he can say he has donated 10 times as much as Elon Musk proportionally.
@@PerMortensen What an absolute lad
@@PerMortensen Absoulutely. Elon needs to find ten times more than Cody :)
2450,000,000 is 24.5B in money. What you put in the calc was 245B money wise.
Sirus No it’s not.
“The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.”
- Rabindranath Tagore
I love how no one cares about the guy who donated the same amount as Elon.
when we hype up the first time we run out of steam.
Sanza Clauz +$1
You love how he's not as famous as Elon? Weird.
@Marky ...
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Elon is the reddit king not whoever that shmuck is
awesome video. There are trees that I can see in the park nearby that appear much older than but many of them were probably brought in from somewhere else and replanted. Makes you wonder if the trees struggle with this whole "relocation" thing. You could almost say they're Treemigrants.
Anton? Holy shit I love your videos man. Cool to see you also enjoy Cody's videos.
I want Treemigrants to become a part of common language now please
Depending on climate and nutrients and water and the actual tree... if it grows slowly it can be older and look much smaller than a large tree that gets half inch growth every year and becomes massive. Desert trees grow slooooowly. Nutrients in the clay is very poor as well as lack of water.
Someone once said, “ The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
Marin Lynch wrong, it’s to practice
@@aeroscience9834 close enough
@@aeroscience9834 I heard the sit version before.
DOI
Here in Norway at least when we bore for core samples, we register the age at chest height (about 1,3 meters above ground level). This is because usually you estimate more than a single tree, and it is tough work getting down on your knees every time you need to register one. So a comfortable working height was standardized.
We note whether the tree has been suppressed in its early growth, indicated by smaller spaces between the winter-growth(the darker shade of wood). If it has been suppressed, we note for how many years, and how long it would have taken the tree in unsuppressed years to grow the same distance. Then we stuff the core sample back into the same hole, if it can be counted in the field, this is to prevent bugs from entering the wound you have created.
Trees are very fun creatures! I'm glad I to see you've taken to understanding them better!
As for the size of the yearly growth diminishing in the later years, could it be connected to the change in the forestscape you keep referring to (fires burning down the majority of the woods), seeing as a forest that is missing many trees will not trap moisture and will dry the earth out, meaning less water overall for the remaining trees (or rather a less even access to water, seeing how it will have too much of it when it rains, and too little of it when its dry.)
Finally as for the age, similar sized trees here home are about 80 - 90 years in areas with plentiful resources and about 110 -130 years on the average. Not all that surprising that it wound up over 200 years old in a dry area.
So he just made a perfect hole for parasites across a 200 year tree in a barren zone but hey the bore was sterilized !
Isaac RC who cares whiner
@@deadbolt91765Caring is what this video it's all about, you need a tutorial or something? Nuthead
I was taught the same chest height rule in the US in an Environment class
@@IsaacRC It's not such a big deal really, the tree is very good at plugging it itself, it's just that providing a loose material like the core-sample into the hole once more enables it to do it even faster than if it were just open, and it stops insects in the meanwhile. It's actually worse to plug the hole if it's a tight seal, as the tree then doesn't seal it itself.
Now in winter though it is very much a non-issue seeing as how many insects would be less active now. I'm not at all an expert on the parasitic insects in North america, but I can guess it's very roughly the same as northern Europe. at least on a grand scale with winter as a factor.
If I were to guess how old the tree is without boring, I would guess it's at least tree fiddy
This made me laugh harder than it should have.
I....... well I guess I cant argue with that xD
That's when you realized the tree was in fact the neck of a prehistorical sea creature.
i need about tree fiddy
On my life you're a comedian
The tree 🌲 you plant now might be alive during the first geo-martian war
Inna's always fightin' over the resources and givin' nothin' to us.
OPA for life
Beltalowda!!!
All hail the empire of mars
Solar civil war*
My 6 year old daughter wants to know why you are winding up the tree lol
How do you think the ones in lord of the rings walk about?
Net worth of half a million? Codys out here flexing
Half million net worth isnt difficult to build in rural areas when your expenses are nothing and put your recreational income into real estate and guns
@@gholland5840 it is still several times more than my parents who are both around 50.
@@gholland5840 That depends on where you live and what kinds of jobs you can get too. The cost of living might be much cheaper in rural areas, but you also make much less money at whatever jobs you can manage to find.
Where I live half a mil is considered rich. Most live paycheck to paycheck and paying off a mortgage before going bankrupt is a rarity. I'm one of the lucky ones there, so far. I have no recreational budget except internet, lol. That helped a lot. That, plus, most everyone considered my place a dump instead of a fixer upper. It was cheap. It's not a mansion now, but it's a nice little home now, instead of a dump.
And I do emphasize, so far, when it comes to owning my own property and home. I could easily fall on hard times and "The Man" could take it anyhow, over taxes. Or the government could take it for eminent domain. I would be willing to bet eminent domain compensation is non existent or very little in NC. This state is not known for valuing its citizens' property, much less its citizens. Or some impatient pothead, who doesn't want to wait for it to get legalized nationwide, could plant a plant in the woods on part of my property and the police could take everything, unless I find the plant first, lol.
The local police here would do it too. They are hard asses over silly stuff, but let theft, vandalism and burglary go unchecked. They will literally tell you to change your locks after being robbed. You can forget any investigation. Theft and burglary are so common here, because the police don't bother to go after them. Let a pothead trip over a crack in the sidewalk though. They will be thoroughly searched with no filming of police allowed (it is against the law to do that here) and put in prison before they know it.
My gripes with the local police aside, in reality, we don't really own anything. We are only allowed to believe we do for a while. Technically, the government, whether it is local, state, or federal, can take your property, if they decide they want it. And if they do decide to, you are back to square one in a heartbeat. It happens in rural areas far more than people realize, because there aren't enough people to protest about it and make it known.
Dude is way humble and has been at this youtube thing for awhile. He should be worth a lot more in my eyes. The education he gives to children is priceless. Rare youtuber here.
It's net worth, not liquid cash. I wouldn't be surprised if he owns property/a home worth most of that.
I've just planted 20 sweet chestnuts and walnuts. People in 70 years will be happy about my foresight 😎
Flash forward: In 70 years everyone is deathly allergic to nuts, even just the pollen from nut-bearing trees is enough to cause a varying degree of symptoms depending on the individual. David Penfold's yard is known as the *forest of death*
revenevan11 geez
Walnut trees are a good retirement plan if you start early enough.
@@revenevan11 just take the oil and give the rest to your chickens and pigs 👍
Walnut trees are actually a pain in the dick.
I like to drill into birch trees for their sap, been doing it for about 10ish years now. From what I've learned it's usually worth plugging the hole afterwards to decrease the chances of infection. Granted the risk isn't too high but still, it doesn't take much time to hammer a wooden plug into it. Just sharing some tips, cool video mate :D
You missed out on a good title: Boring old wood.
like an old mans peenis?
Counting tree-rings is not nearly as precise as one might think it is, cause a tree can have multiple rings a year. A 5-year old tree can have 7+ rings. Same applies to ice-cores. His tree might be closer to 50-100 years than 200 years.
This. In places with clockwork rainfall and a regular yearly growing season, tree rings are often one for one with years. But keep in mind that you're looking at changes in the rate of growth, not an actual calendar. And Nevada is certainly known for inconsistent weather, seasons, droughts, etc.
Hans Clah trees put on 2 growth rings per year spring wood and summer wood I always count the darker rings ( summer wood )
@@briancanfield5658 Trees don't care about summer or winter. All they know is, whether it's hot, cold, wet or dry. By this logic it is possible to have a warm winter, a cold spring, a warm summer and a cold autum to get 2 set of rings easily. If this tree is indeed 200 years old, it would have survived part of the Little Ice Age, which had slightly different weather than we have today.
i would have guessed closer to 100 years, partly because it's a small tree and prone to forest fires.
And some places the tree doesent even produce a ring every year, who would have thought. maybe its actually three-fiddy years
7:52 let’s appreciate Cody having Rick and Morty in his search history
underrated comment
It looks like you have some incredibly dry seasons! With growth rings that small. Also fire (edit: or insects) can increase ring amount (and/or make them tighter). But that's really cool as that near the max age of lots of trees here in the east.
Yeah pretty sure they've had quite a few bush fires around there, remember seeing videos about one
Yep. Much of western Utah is high desert, so you get short growing seasons and not a lot of rain. However, that leads to trees that are remarkably hardy and long-lived; depending on the variant, Pinyon pines can live to near a thousand years old.
There are some areas of the US dryer than a sand toads nadgy bits.
The entire western US is in a severe drought and has been for quite some time. Cody has a recent video of him lamenting the death of the trees on his property due to lack of rain and insect damage to drought stressed trees.
I love your videos and i learned most of the chemistry and
since from you. I am only 13 and live in Canada so I
cant distill mercury or make liquid float on gas yet but I
love to learn. thank you for teaching me and many others about chemistry
and other vary cool things. happy holidays
Interestingly, 220 years (plus a few days) ago is precisely the time when our Nation's first president George Washington was last alive seeing that he died on December 14, 1799 and this video was posted on December 17, 2019.
We know who the assassin is now. Nobody suspected the tree.
Do de doo do, do dee doo do. You are now entering the twiglet zone.
As the medic said in "meet the medic"
"Hahahaha, I HAVE NO IDEA!"
Absolutely brilliant video, Cody. Seriously.
Happy Holidays Cody!! Keep on keepin' on!
Could you do a video on tree rings? Maybe you could explain why the tree has different colors during growth and maybe show some different types of trees and their respective rings. Maybe one species has darker rings than another?
There are probably a lot of videos/articles on that subject, I'd prefer him do something that's unique, like build a Mars base on his property
@@zsoltlajtos6527 I'd like to see Cody's explanation, he tends to think how I do and it just clicks. Plus any content from him is something I'll watch so I'll take whatever I can get.
@@GhostyOcean He admitted that he's not an expert on the topic, so it would take him some time to do the research needed to make a factually correct video about a topic that's interesting only to a fraction of his viewers.
I still say let him do what he wants, let him spend his time on projects that he's most interested in. And those who are interested in this topic can do their own research.
Don't get me wrong, this was a fun video to watch, but it's more like an entertaining aside rather than an actual experimental and/or educational video that he makes most of the time and he's really good at
@@GhostyOcean If Cody tends to think like you, then you should tend to think like Cody when reading readily available explanation and it should also click >:P
It would be interesting for that specific tree as it's growth seems to have slowed significantly in the last 50 years. Lack of water, colder temperatures?
Society does best when people plant trees in whose shade they will never sit
Keep up being awesome Cody!
So glad to see this channel uploading again... Much love Cody ❤️!!!
Musk donated the equivalent of four cents for me. Such a great guy.
TBF to Musk, net worth includes the value of all holdings, so Tesla/SpaceX/Boring Company/etc's equipment, as well as the valuation of those companies on the market (which is an indicator of what the market thinks you're worth, not necessarily what you're actually worth, as we recently saw with the devaluation of Peleton); it doesn't indicate what liquid assets you have available to spend.
I'm in the red so that's gonna be _Syntax Error_ for me :P
*Or maybe I have to cut down some trees...
I don't know, psychologically it doesn't feel right for one guy to donate the same amount as everybody else together. Kind of demotivating as for as donating for charity goes.
@@VeraTR909 lol, I don't think that's necessary.
Well seems like cody has been enamored by another branch of science
It has really taken root.
This was a really well done video Cody!
You are such a great guy! Absolutely endearing and down to earth. That donation by you is awesome.
There’s a crazy story of a guy that tried to do this to the oldest living tree on the earth and when his bore got stuck he cut it down to get the bore out... people were not happy haha
True story, though he didn't know it was the oldest tree on earth until after he cut it dien.
@@AstusAleator he is still is a dummy. The bores are stupid cheap compared to a tree.
@@AstusAleator He didn't cut it down, a park ranger did just to help him save his tool.
Cody please do not charcoal it and eat it 😂 we see the gears turning we know what you are thinking
Good morning-gaming the next day: Will it Charcoal?: Tree core (With taste test)
Shhhh! Stop giving him ideas!
EYE
Thank you for supporting Team Trees!
Super old trees are the coolest. I have a grove of Black Spruce growing on my peat bog that are only about a foot in diameter but over 240 years old. Tough counting those super tight rings. These new environmentally oriented videos rock!!! Keep it up.
Cover the hole so insects or other organisms cant get in there
The tree will cover the hole itself using his own, antiseptic antifungi sap. By covering the hole using a stick or whatnot you are introducing fungi and moisture into the tree and slow down its healing process.
@@sickerOr yep, I think a lot of people probably missed why he sanitized the bore with isopropyl alcohol, and don't realize just how quick trees can plug a hole with sap. Tree immune systems are fascinating!
You mean organisms other than Cody?
Hey cody. Long time fan. Could we get some more chemistry/diy cool stuff like in some of your older videos? Keep up the good work
Yes, less planting trees, more building atom bombs. Like the good ol' days
@@GarwoodNick wasn't he also working on a fusion generator?
@@tibo786 I'm not sure, but it wouldn't surprise me
1.84 million subs. Damn Cody you are kicking ass. Congratulations.
Great comment there Cody at 6:50 about dealing with the easier problems in any situation first as a way to get on the path to the bigger goals. You have to start somewhere..
is there no risk to not closing the hole? couldnt some kind of insects get inside and slowly work away untill the tree dies?
The hole heals quickly. The sampler has to be taken out before the tree heals around tool and it can't be taken out.
There's very little risk. The tree will quickly produce a lot of pith to fill that hole, and it can actually be worse to fill it because the tree won't produce anything to fill it, and if our filler material falls out the tree can have that hole for a very long time.
It's winter time.
not with trees with resin so much. If you did that to an oak or birch you may want to plug it with tar
On a river near me there are some absolutely massive trees that had to have been alive before the revolutionary war. A friend of mine always says, I bet native Americans pissed on those trees.
Thank you Cody, these are the types of videos I enjoy.
That thing you did right there at the end... Won my heart
plant trees so that they spell out "Cody's Lab" :)
Assuming your age estimate of 224 years is accurate, that tree first sprouted only a year or two after my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather was born. I know trees can be way older than they look, but that's still wild to me.
Team trees is getting close, it's exciting to see the progress growing little by little as we get closer to the new year, I hope that the goal is reached.
Very interesting video...Thanks Cody!
So, reading the title, I do not honestly care how old this tree is. But I do care that Cody made a video, and if the video is about how old this tree is... I will definitely care in a minute or two
Please pay off your highest interest debts first, not the smallest debts.
This video was really well made Cody
Amazing content!! I bet im not the only one who gets exited to plant trees and donate!! you make a big change with your vids!! Keep up the amazing job
Shoulda had an ultra sonic mic to capture it screaming in pain.
Crazy to think that a million is basically nothing to billionaires
its like a dollar for a poor person
If you had $24,000 it would be $1 in comparison to elons donation vs his wealth
A million is 20$ to a billionaire...
no because a billionaire is someone that has more than 1 billion income, and 1000 million = 1 billion, and a poor person gets around 1000$ and so 1 million is like 1 dollar, at most
There's a phrase that's said almost nauseatingly often online: What's the difference between a million dollars and a billion dollars? About a billion dollars.
Great video Cody!
This. Is. Awesome, Cody! Your re-treeing the ranch series is by far my most favorite of yours, and this investigation really does highlight the potential of such an endeavour!
I was watching your fall 2019 update the other day and I have been thinking about it a lot. About how the cattle trampled the trees.
It reminded me of the project happening in Scotland to restore the ancient Caledonian forests - they are seeding, yes, but they are also doing it somewhat strategically, working on small areas - islands in the landscape, if you like - wherein they can prevent grazing pressure from deer, sheep, etc. By simply protecting the tiny areas where existing trees remain, those areas are self-seeding, the trees are flourishing, and they're seeing corridors of forests and long-gone species return to the area. You can do a search for it and check that out.
It also reminded me of Geoff Lawton's Zaytuna Farm/Permaculture project. Two things you might want to check out there: 1) Their use of "chicken tractors" to churn up and fertilize the soil, which they then plant to trees. You have chickens at the ranch. Put them to work! and: 2) They use solar-powered, movable fencing to control their livestock and manage the grazing/trampling.
It would be interesting to see your take on these innovations - set up a chicken tractor to prepare the ground around a few existing trees - say, maybe over 100 square feet or so, then set up a fence to prevent cattle from trampling that small area, and plant a grove of trees.
In any case, best of luck! Keep us updated!
Damn I need a twitter I could have identified the increment borer, my dad has a couple of them. oh well hind sight is 20/20
How old is this unlisted video?
8 hours maybe?
How about you don't be stingy and throw some dollars towards his patreon if you want to know. Else don't complain
I'm so glad you are realistic and honest about team trees. I wish more people would present it this way.
What a great video! You always show us something new and exciting.
Two hundred twenty year old tree core charcoal is probably delicious.
Not much polution inside
@@RedsnowHD Good point!
"How Old is this tree ?"
Old ..¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Once again Cody thanks for the wholesome video cant get enough of you :') Inspired me to donate
Love it. Love your psychological evaluation towards success and debt payment.
How did cody get half a million?
Does TH-cam pay him so much?
I was asking myself the same. I guess he counts in his land property he got from his parents. It's probably worth a lot on paper, on the other hand it's not really money he can use freely
I assuming he is using net worth for calculation, that involves value of investments he owns, this includes lands, value of equipment, etc
@@Seff2 same with Musk though. if Musk would spend too much of his net worth on something he'd have to sell something and that could cause other people to sell stocks reducing his net worth by more than he spent
Net worth isn't how much liquid money you have in the the bank available to spend, it's a combination of the value of all your property and assets. So like house, land, cars, machinery, etc. plus all your money. Cody's family seem to be some kind of ranchers, so he probably has a lot of expensive equipment passed down to him that he can count.
dont forget all the rare elements he ingested over time..
Cody seemed really happy in this vid
loved the end. most people donated more than the top 10 compared to their net worth including the initial youtubers starting it. im happy that cody thinks a little like me, since thats exactly the first thing i did after hearing about this.
Great inspirational video, thanks.
The percentage calculation at the end was gold. That perspective really shines a light on who is making a real sacrifice.
Elon doesn't have all that money sitting in his bank, stroking a black cat in his fancy chair, $1m is still a decent chunk of money to just giveaway, when he probably couldn't write a cheque for much more.
Love the little cody's lab logo in bottom right corner ❤❄🎄 cool vid
Cody i really admire you. You are such a great person. I really want and hope you keep winning suscribers and keep teaching real knowledge to people.
Like usually.....
Even things/topic's i've already watched several times, are much more interisting presented by Cody !
....or better ti say, in a much more sympathic way !
Thank you Cody !
Cody i definitely enjoy ur videos. Your a good dude! I subscribed a long time ago buddy
Fantastic Cody!!!!!
Original and genuine. That's why I'm such a fan of cody'slab
Thank for sharing this with us Cody. I find it's a good idea to remove the bark from the tap site for two reasons. It keeps the IB sharper by not having to bore threw the area with the most dirt and sand and it makes it easier for extraction on the first attempt. Cheers, to you and yours, Billy in Canada
That was such a straight sample that it felt quite nice
Fantastic video!!!
I enjoyed this video so much!
It's just an urban legend that one ring equals one year. Trees build rings during growth spurts (wet/warm). An early warm spring a cold spell then a warm fall will produce two small rings in one year. The only thing that core is a record of is the weather, not the years.
Very interesting. It IS very amazing that that tree has been around that long. Cool tool.
Thank you for the Team Trees Reminder. I made some donations as gifts for Christmas
Cody's the Bob Ross of science and agriculture
Great video!
Thanks cody for another interesting subject matter and I love trees myself have lots on my property too
I swear you are the only youtuber I know who has consistently made tree videos to support teamtrees
One reason the tree rings being more compact in some areas than others is that the tree was struggling to get resources at the more closely packed rings where the rings are more fat and farther away from each other is that there was more resources to use so the tree grew more.
5:58 thats a cool shot. As always Cody I love your content
You are such a sweet person, Cody. Thank you
Thanks cody, you are the man!
this deserves more views👏👏👏👏
who dislikes this? Cody makes some awesome content and this particular video is for such a good cause, like i'm genuinely asking what kind of person dislikes this... tis baffling
Awesome video.
Your closing comments were helpful, thank you. I get so bogged down by how bleak the future is that I forget to look for the successes we have.
Thanks for keeping the team tree thing going! Seems like it was forgotten in a week and we didn't hit the goal yet
I love that net worth statistic, it reslly shows the difference of perception of wealth vs how wealth is actually scaled
cody, dont feel bas about your situation :D we all have good and bad times, cheer up my boy time fixes all, you have my support and hey, thank you for being so strong and not giving up, greetings from México
204 trees is still a lot of trees,and its a pretty large amount of money for people like myself,and its good that your helping to make the world a better place.
Cody: I live in Oregon. Here there is a state Law that if you cut down a tree you must plant a tree and it has been the law here almost a century. Today, though we have fewer Old Growth, we DO have more trees then were growing here when the pioneers came down the Oregon Trail.
Well I'm sure the total number of planting to cutting is down, cause too many died of dysentery before being able to replant trees. ;)
@@Christian-cz9bu I guess I do not understand. I have helped plant several acres of Douglas Fir so I am somewhat familiar with thw procedure here.
Love you Cody, hope your doing well.