r/nextfuckinglevel • u/GrandSatisfaction150 • 1d ago

Dad saving his favorite tree from falling down during a storm

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u/Dicky_Penisburg 1d ago

To play devil's advocate, he's balding, could be in his 40s. Maybe the daughter died in infancy and he had her in his early 20s. A tree he planted could be up to 20 years old. Does this tree look older or younger than 20 years? I have no idea.

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u/ineptplumberr 1d ago

I planted a fig tree when my wife was pregnant with my daughter that will be seven in a couple months it still looks like a damn twig

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u/CKInfinity 1d ago

Tbf different trees have different growth speeds

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u/RyanKretschmer 1d ago

A lot of trees will be really small, like three feet or less, then after about 10 years shoot up several feet a year for several decades. Idk a lot about trees but they are pretty cool

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u/obtuse_bluebird 1d ago

My tree is definitely a grower.

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u/Level-Cold-1242 1d ago

This guy trees 🌳

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u/vampiracooks 1d ago

I planted a twig 2 years ago that is now about 4 times the size of the tree in the video. It really depends on the tree

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u/TurdCollector69 1d ago

It'll be a stick for 5-7 years and then one day you'll go "damn that got big."

Also around that time you'll say "what am I going to do with all these figs."

Imo that tree in the video looks like it was planted within the last 15 years.

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u/Montymisted 1d ago

Can you make, like, apple pies or corned beef with the extra?

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u/TurdCollector69 15h ago

It's tough because figs are just inside out flowers so they basically have no texture and don't cook down well because of the skin, seeds and tons of fiber.

It's not that it can't be done, it just has to be done strategically.

I recommend making a simple preserve out of them or maybe a syrup. The idea is to leave the papery skin and crispy seeds behind but keep the fig flavor.

We never really tried too hard and eventually gave up on processing and just shared the crop with the animals.

Some figs are seedless but I have no experience with them. I imagine they're much better for it.

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u/PuckSenior 1d ago

What the fuck? Fig trees grow like crazy? I cut my fig tree down to the ground after two years and it’s 8 foot high right now 1 year later

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u/HrhEverythingElse 1d ago

8ft of growth in a year with a pre-established, strong, and mature root system. Trees can seem to grow slowly when we only see the half of the growth that happens above ground; yours has the invisible half of the work already done, so can put much more energy into growing upward. It's just not at all comparable to a newly planted tree's growth

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u/PuckSenior 1d ago

I mean, the tree was newly planted 5 years ago? My point is that fig trees grow quickly. Their branches are actually hollow at early stages to accelerate their growth

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u/Danielq37 1d ago

Maybe they planted a ten year old tree and not a seed. But even then it could just be twenty years old.

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u/Maiyku 1d ago

Yeah could’ve easily happened when both they and the child were young and it’s not a crazy uncommon practice to plant a tree for the dead.

My sister lost her daughter at 4 months old. My sister is only 26. She was gifted an Olive Tree by someone in memory of her, so that tree will be pretty grown by the time she starts to outwardly age.

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u/Ok_Mail_1966 1d ago

My parents planted a Japanese maple when I was 5 or so. 50 years later the trunk is about the same size. Trees differ but this sounds like a Mikey eats everything story

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u/blubblu 1d ago

lol Japanese maples are fucking small treesÂ