TreeWatchWUR

I am the huge (popular) poplar tree (Ø = 103.5 cm) standing near the café The Spot in Orion at the Wageningen Campus in the Netherlands.

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This was my day: I shrunk 0.013 mm and transported 78.38 l of water! Quite similar to yesterday. No more growth today, my diameter is starting to shrink.

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Currently my diameter is 104.2 cm and my sap flow rate is 3.82 l/h (at 13:00).

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Currently my diameter is 104.2 cm and my sap flow rate is 3.18 l/h (at 11:00).

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I grew 0.034 mm and sent 75.67 l of water to the leaves today! Quite similar to yesterday. After the shrinkage of yesterday, my diameter is increasing again.

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Measurements are in for today: I shrunk 0.019 mm and transported 78.79 l of water! That is about the same sap flow as yesterday. No more growth today, my diameter is starting to shrink.

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Currently my diameter is 104.2 cm and my sap flow rate is 5.34 l/h (at 15:00).

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Today I grew 0.007 mm and transported 78.93 l of water! That is 5 l less (6%) than yesterday. My growth was more or less similar to yesterday.

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Today I grew 0.009 mm and transported 82.29 l of water! That is about the same sap flow as yesterday. More or less similar growth as yesterday.

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This was my day: I grew 0.011 mm and transported 79.5 l of water! That is more or less the same sap flow as yesterday. Looks like my diameter is increasing again, after the shrinkage of yesterday.

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Measurements are in for today: I shrunk 0.002 mm and transported 81.33 l of water! That is more or less the same sap flow as yesterday. No more growth today, my diameter is starting to shrink.

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Measurements are in for today: I grew 0.006 mm and transported 75.93 l of water! That is 8 l or 10% less than yesterday. After the shrinkage of yesterday, my diameter is increasing again.

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I shrunk 0.014 mm and transported 82.03 l of water today! Quite similar to yesterday. My shrinkage was more or less similar to yesterday.

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Currently my diameter is 104.2 cm and my sap flow rate is 4.77 l/h (at 18:00).

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I shrunk 0.014 mm and transported 80.06 l of water today! That is 5 l less (6%) than yesterday. No more growth today, my diameter is starting to shrink.

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Currently my diameter is 104.2 cm and my sap flow rate is 3.81 l/h (at 17:00).

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I grew 0.016 mm and sent 83.4 l of water to the leaves today! That is 5 l or 6% less than yesterday. My growth was less than yesterday: 24 µm to be precise.

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At the moment my diameter is 104.2 cm and I'm transporting water at 4.43 l/h (at 18:00).

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It's now 16:00 and I'm transporting water at a rate of 3.78 l/h and my diameter is 104.2 cm.

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Measurements are in for today: I grew 0.04 mm and transported 86.21 l of water! Quite similar to yesterday. After the shrinkage of yesterday, my diameter is increasing again.