Mesquite Control: Establishment & Regrowth


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  • Any mechanical soil disturbance also helps mesquite establish and grow.
  • Established mesquite plants have a remarkable ability to regrow after injury because of the many dormant buds along the trunks and stems. These buds are buried in tissue immediately under the corky stem surfaces of trunks, branches, and twigs. If you strike the bark from a mesquite stem, you can see these buds. If a mesquite stem is injured, buds below the injury produce new stems.
  • Dormant buds are also abundant at the base of the plant in an area called the root crown which is located a foot or more beneath the soil surface.
  • If the top of the plant is removed...

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Feature(s)
Type of Video
Produced Feature
Location
Texas, United States

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Length
00:00:47
Dimensions
720 x 480
Aspect Ratio
3:2
Frame Rate
29.97
Original File Format
MOV
Original Video Codec
dvvideo
Original Audio Codec
pcm_s16be

Dates

Video Produced
Jun 03, 2011
Video Uploaded
Mar 12, 2012
Record Updated
Aug 09, 2012
Langauge
English - English

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