Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28479713-20160530175710/@comment-28142742-20160615105303

Maybe all that is needed is another stage between "sapling" and "tree" - something like a "young tree" (breaking it would only yield sticks :-) and in situations where there is not enough space for a tree to grow to full size, it would get stuck at this "young tree" stage (now they stay saplings).

But this would require significant alterations in the tree growth mechanism, and I'm not sure if that's really worth the trouble... :-/