How does a tree know when to stop growing a branch and start growing a leaf?

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How does a tree know when to stop growing a branch and start growing a leaf?

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Trees have special hormones at the branch tips that keeps buds dormant. Sunlight hitting a bud acts like a switch, turning off the hormones and triggering the bud to become a leaf!

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