Conker Trees

[marlonski]

Why, if a horse chestnut tree is in the middle of a field are there not hundreds of other trees growing around it.When they shed there conkers by the thousand.

[spudqueen]

If the field was left untouched then yes there probably would be a few more horse chestnut trees, but fields usually have crops grown in them (even if it's grass) which means cutting the crop down and therefore the top of any baby trees would also be cut off. Or there are animals grazing in the field which would mean that they would probably eat the top of the baby trees!

[Thunderbird+]

I was about to post pretty much the same as spudqueen, but I would also like to add that the trees may have originally been planted by a farmer to provide shade and shelter for cows in the height of summer, under the dence canopy of these trees, and yes they are likely to get grazed off or trampled to death.

[gen2]

Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, Netscape.

In other words, browsers are to blame.

[marlonski]

Thanks both for the replies ,but I still find this hard to believe.I walked past one the other day it was in a fallow field with no cattle and there was plenty of other growth around.But no sign of baby conker trees.I think there must be something more scientific at work?