Genes Changed by Microwaves

Yes, I am aware of that. Hydrangeas will change color according to the Ph of the soil, but all blossoms change color, not just one side. Acidic (low Ph) soil they bloom blue or purple. In high Ph (above 7Ph),they will become pink.

However, the flowers with the color change on this tree were localized to the side facing the tower and RR tracks.

Probably has to do with ph of the soil...dogwoods prefer a slightly acidic soil...

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/2063275/my-pink-dogwood-tree-is-white-now

It's possible somebody is walking their dog by this location everyday and the dog is pooping on this side of the tree...

OK,I will accept that, perhaps the trickle current changed the Ph of the soil in that area of the root system, but I have never seen it affect only one area.

Most trees prefer a low Ph due to natural selection, as almost all forest soil is normally acidic due to the decomposition of leaves producing tannic acid.

There are grafts where you can graft a red or pink dog wood to either color and have the colors on one branch, but only on that branch. Is you picture from a grafted tree or is it of unknown origin?

I can find trees online with apples, and pears on same trees ,and many others,

due to grafting, not Ph of soil.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=multiple+type+friutd+on+same+trr+due+to+grating%3F&atb=v461-6&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Furbanfarmonline.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F06%2FMulti-grafted-fruit-trees.png

Maybe someone grafted on a branch from a pink dogwood tree.

Before I retired, the parking lot I had to park in had flowering dogwoods. One year one of the trees had one large branch of pink flowers. The grounds people promptly removed that branch. I asked about it and was told it had been insect damaged. I asked why they just did not wait a year and was told it would never go back to white.

So something probably damaged some branches on the tree. Wish I knew more. My landscape friend retired and move to hawaii to raise giant bamboo for construction.

That's a great idea, to have a Cap Stone project.

It would be interesting to see if someone would cover the tree in a faraday cage and see if it returns to original color...

..."To start, we need to find the wavelength for the frequency we want to block. This can be found by dividing the wave’s speed in meters per second by its frequency in hertz. As we’re dealing with a radio wave we know it will be traveling at the speed of light, and for the frequency let’s say we want to block 2.4GHz. So the math will look like:

The rule of thumb for a Faraday cage is that the openings should be no larger than 1/10th of the wavelength, which in our case is 12.5 mm (approximately 1/2 inch). As luck would have it, steel “hardware cloth” with mesh sizes of 1/2″ and 1/4″ is widely available. On paper either should work, but I did end up going with the 1/4″ to be safe."...

https://hackaday.com/2018/09/26/building-a-hardware-store-faraday-cage/

could of been a lighted Cigarette butt thrown out from a car in the church parking lot. Really would need to take a closer look at the evidence. otherwise its all speculation. Be carefully, as big as a train is, its comes up quiet and sudden. ;)

Apparently, with age the blooms (which are actually leaves) can turn from white to pink or red.

https://gardenmentors.com/garden-help/plant-focus/how-can-a-dogwood-bloom-pink-and-bloom-white/#:~:text=And no matter what color,with deeper colors over time.

Cellular site = non-ionizing radiation.

An investigation of the subject area with a radio spectrum analyzer will reveal all sorts of RF energy hitting the tree from all sides.

So, I am reluctant to jump to the conclusion that this phenomenon is caused by spurious emissions from the cell tower.

I agree, that's a lot of energy to be dispersed for that phenomenon, if I had to speculate, I'd apply Occam's razor.

What everyone says may be true, but it could be an unexplored method of modifying plant genes. I think perhaps it has more to do with the trickle of current through the root system than a direct effect of the microwaves .If it is a combination of both, it may outline the internal distribution of the circulatory system of the plant.

I think some research by botanists may be in order.

Here is a tangent. Back in the late 80’s possible 90’s, there was talk about computer communications instead of using electronic binary 1 & 0’s. ‘They’ and they I believe was research facilities where using colors based on organic that were light sensitive where the receiver would change colors Green and Red (still binary) and it was biologics that reacted to this.

The thought was communication would be the speed of light, without electrical interference or the environment (heat I believe). Not the down fall was not they have to develop how to make this work without implement electronics again for a usable platform.

I did a search of this, and the only thing I could find is a AI generated to this which is below…

“AI Overview In a hypothetical digital computer where binary communication is represented by light color changes instead of 1s and 0s, a shift from red to green would typically signify a "1" state, while a purely red light would represent a "0" state; essentially using the presence or absence of green light as the binary distinction, with red acting as a base color for comparison. Explanation:

• Binary principle: Computers operate on a binary system, meaning information is encoded using only two states, traditionally represented as "0" and "1".
• Light representation: In this scenario, instead of electrical voltage levels, the intensity or presence of a specific color (like green) on a light source would represent the binary value.
• Red as reference: By using red as the base color, a change to a greener hue signifies a transition from the "0" state to the "1" state.

Key points to consider:

• Color spectrum: The exact shade of green used could vary depending on the technology, but the important aspect is the clear distinction between a "red-only" state (representing "0") and a "red with green added" state (representing "1").
• Applications: Such a system could be used in specialized applications like optical computing, where light signals are used for data transmission and processing. “

I hope it has something to do with the drones in New Jersey or UFOs from outer space. Those would be really cool answers.

Good find, and an interesting read. GA voted.

So, no to a gene mutation, but a maybe to a, what, an alternative path of usual or typical physiological function in some organisms? This may be just what HTRN is asking about.

Interesting. The linked article tells us that the FCC has been aware of this anomoly for quite some time and has ignored it.

Wow, I afraid that now that your link pointed that out, I’m going to notice it ^{(like the hiss on a cassettes tape after making a music mix tape I never notice until someone pointed it out to me.)}

https://www.electricalpollution.com/WirelessKillsTrees.html

There are just so many things wrong with this article, though it may contain kernels of truth. So the cottonwoods lost their leaves towards autumn/fall - is thar abnormal for a tree that loses leaves in fall. There are also numerous other reasons for tress to lose leaves - insects, herbicides, droughts, overwatering, heat. cold, etc. Without a correlating mention of where the closest cell tower is or what the measured radiation levels are, it is just a series of 4 photos of a tree losing leaves like one may expect. It also confuses consumer Wi-Fi with cellular towers. Radiation is a tricky issue, but anecdotal observations is not adequate for conclusions.

Changing colours does not necessarily require changing genes.

You mentioned that the railroad is also on the affected side of the tree - maybe it is something on the railraod side that caused it(unlikely, but still...)

Burning cross-ties are quite common and are unlikely to be caused by leakage currents - what would the causal machanism be to convert current flowing in the ground (OK-ish conductor) and bypassing a treated timber tie (not such a good conductor) and then generating so much heat to cause combustion? As mentioned elsewhere, a piece of glass in the sun, sparks from rail traffic, vandalism/experimentation by curious kids, all can cause a burning tie.

Leakage currents at this small level is unlikely to have a significant effect - it will affect the roots more, and then presumably not just the one side will be affected. Anyway, on DC electrified railway lines there are often leakage currents of multiple Amps (not mA), with no adverse effect on eucalyptus, pines, poplars, oaks, peach trees, various thorn trees, shrubs, grasses, etc. that I have observed.

I'm also not convinced that a few microamps or milliamps will change PH significantly enough - if that was the case, it would be pretty obvious from adjacent vegetation all around the place, as the current won't make a beeline just to one tree.

Maybe some insects are damaging the trees because it is more (or less) sunny/shady windy or wharever and the tree was damaged by that? Or maybe a new church warden is now chucking the dirty water with cleaning chemicals after mopping the floor onto the tree's roots.

And any radiation of a mast 100m away would be quite weak by the time it reaches this tree. Though focused beams means that it is impossible to say without measuring.

etc. etc. Running out of time, but you get the idea.