The friend who shows the harp to the unicorn, while we were talking about the banya of Bengal, Ficus benghalensis, has asked me the question: how could a single tree extinguish 20,000 square meters? For starters, being awesome. And in sequence, building growth that never ends. The trick of the tree: the roots that will expand the branches and stretch the roots from top to bottom from time to time, stick them when they reach the ground and will be crutches to further expand the branch. These root crutches are called pillar roots. The column will not only support the branch, but will also replenish the food, the branch will grow and stretch as desired, and the tree will reach an impressive width.

At this time I see other trees, including the fig trees here, Ficus carica, but especially the apple trees, Malus x domestica. In years of apples like this one, the branches of the apple trees carry a huge load of apples and if they weren’t helped they would fall apart and crack. Like the one with the broken bowl of his knee, he must give crutches to the loaded apple tree. The branch is subjected to pimples in order to hold it without breaking it and then to have a way to collect the apple under it. Being only for containment, the branch of the apple tree will not expand much more, if it were fed from the charcoal it would be the cider of the other barrel. The chestnut (Castanea sativa), the halza (Alnus glutinosa), the hazelnut (Corylus avellana), is made with what is available, but needs an inherent hairpin that gives birth to a branch and divides into two. The cane, for example, is not suitable for crutches. For being a reed of the species of whatever—the reed itself, Arundo donax, or bamboos, Bambusa sp. etc.- it will not have a shock and cannot be used for containment work. For other jobs, however, the cane is unique. For example, they are used for scaffolding structures in those territories of the giant banya. Great for holding houses on 40 floors or amazing shapes.