>>294211If you've seen or tasted 'wild' fruit or stuff grown in nature, you might notice the size as a perfect example for this. Wild onions are an example and are sometimes a problem found in soils... I think its when certain areas are too acidic, you'll get 'wild onions' that actually grow as a type of weed. I know they existed and I still find the 'patches' of them in my garden. I found this image on google images. Look at how tiny they are compared to the guy's hand. You're getting tons of them and super tiny ones opposed to a few large, giant bulbs which you buy at the store. I 'think' these are edible but I don't like onions really so I dig em out and throw them away. In nature, they are tiny but if I grew these as a crop, I would need to pay attention to spacing, soil pH, cutting down some of the sprigs, preventing flowering, etc. Its like a pruning job in some aspects.
The terminal buds on tomatoes that you speak of are called 'suckers' or axial sideshoots. They look like tiny flowers or tiny purple leaves growing on the middle of stems. You're supposed to pick off or prune these which cause the tomato to redirect energy into more flowers or using it for already established growth. As far as trees, it depends on what kind you're talking about really. Each one is different. However, have you seen those trees or bushes that people grow into certain 'shapes'? Theres a name for this I forgot what its called when they put a wireframe over a bush and it 'grows' into that shape. You can train bushes or trees to do this rather than grow outward in all directions.
In my OP post, I'm actually describing symbiosis and 'companion planting' as certain herbs and vegetables grow better in specific groups rather than alone. This helps me fight off pests (and having to use pesticides) as well as bring bees to pollinate my flowers and fruits, maximize oil production in the herbs, and bring me a delicious harvest later this year!
