Everything about Ramification Botany totally explained
Ramification, in botany, is the divergence of the
stem and limbs of a
plant into smaller ones, for example
trunk into
branches, branches into increasingly smaller branches, etc. Gardeners stimulate the process of ramification through
pruning, thereby making
trees,
shrubs and other plants bushier and more dense.
Short
internodes (the section of stem between nodes, for example areas where
leaves are produced) help increase ramification in those plants that form branches at these nodes. Long internodes (which may be the result of over-watering, the over-use of
fertilizer, or a seasonal "growth spurt") decrease a gardener's ability to induce ramification in a plant.
A high degree of ramification is essential for the creation of
topiary as it enables the topiary artist to carve a bush or
hedge into a shape with an even surface. Ramification is also essential to practitioners of the
art of bonsai as it helps recreate the form and habit of a full-size tree in a small tree grown in a container.
The pruning practices of
coppicing and
pollarding induce ramification by removing most of a tree's mass above the root.
Fruit tree pruning increases the yield of
orchards by inducing ramification and thereby creating many vigorous, fruitful branches in the place of a few less-fruitful ones.
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