Ep. 450: Apical Dominance

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Steven Rinella talks with Michael Snyder , Ryan Callaghan , Seth Morris , Phil Taylor , and Corinne Schneider . Topics include: The day Phil died; Michael's book, Woods Whys ; why conifers are shaped like cones; a hot tip on pickup lines that work; the maple syrup business; the Wyoming corner crossing victory ; when Hunter Biden becomes an unlikely poster child for the Second Amendment; tree weight to fruit weight ratio; how trees aren't throwing off more "akerns" to help critters get through a tough season; 43560; flat vs. hilly; old forests and being defined by function; sap wood, heart wood, and fat wood; why paper birch trees are white; how the injury response of trees causes burls in…