Stem Length & Diameter Taper Limits - University of Georgia

Table 1: Relationship between stem elongation growth rate and diameter growth rate to maintain thesame proportional taper. The values given in this table represents the multiplier of stem elongationgrowth and the multiplier of stem diameter growth.Stem Elongation GrowthValue (X Growth)Diameter GrowthValue (X Growth)Stem Elongation GrowthValue (X Growth)Diameter GrowthValue (X Growth)1.01X 1.02X1.02 1.031.03 1.051.04 1.061.05 1.081.06 1.091.07 1.111.08 1.121.09 1.141.10 1.151.11 1.171.12 1.191.13 1.201.14 1.221.15 1.231.16 1.251.17 1.271.18 1.281.19 1.301.2 1.311.25 1.401.3 1.481.35 1.571.4 1.661.45 1.751.5 1.841.55 1.931.6 2.021.65 2.121.7 2.221.75 2.321.8 2.411.85 2.521.9 2.621.95 2.722.0 2.832.1 3.042.2 3.262.3 3.492.4 3.722.5 3.952.6 4.192.7 4.442.8 4.692.9 4.943.0 5.23.1 5.53.2 5.73.3 6.03.4 6.33.5 6.63.6 6.83.7 7.13.8 7.43.9 7.74.0 8.04.25 8.84.5 9.64.75 10.45.0 11.25.25 12.05.5 12.95.75 13.86.0 14.76.25 15.66.5 16.66.75 17.57.0 18.57.25 19.57.5 20.58.0 22.68.5 24.89.0 27.09.5 29.310.0 31.6Diameter Multiplier (in decimal percent) = ((New Stem Height) 1.5 / (Old Stem Height) 1.5 )2