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[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

This, and we need to reincorporate female trees in urban areas to reduce the rampant pollen pollution caused by exclusively using male trees 🤧

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The cleanup cost from the fruit is what’s prohibitive about that, leaving the fruit isn’t an option since it makes the sidewalks unusable from the mess, it rots and creates mold spores, pests, rodents, etc, they all thrive.

Theres a very good argument to why they shouldn’t introduce females everywhere.

And how’s the males supposed to know if they are pollinating something or not for that matter? It would be less trees making pollen, but there will still be pollen.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Also, letting the homeless and working class forage for the fruit would be way too egalitarian and compassionate. Totally unacceptable!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ideally the homeless wouldn’t exist in this scenario, and sure, the public can grab the bottom 8’? The public really can’t be trusted to safely use ladders, so that options right out.

I’m all for it, but realistically it’s not a feasible solution? It’s to costly, wheter it be to collect it and give to public safely, or to provide ladders and medical care for the people who inevitably fall.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

My area has an entire non-profit org devoted to urban foraging, so maybe my perspective on its feasibility is a little different.

https://concrete-jungle.org/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

… a non profit relies on donations, needs volounteers, or other source of income, so it’s either paid through taxes like I mentioned, or through money in the end anyways…?

Sure I guess that works? Whatever makes you feel better, but it’s still the same scenario in the end.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I mean they're harvesting food I bet sales can cover ladders and fuel and whatnot. If you're short on workers ask literally any other non-profit if they wouldn't like half a ton of apples to make pie with for one of their projects, you'll get your workers. Have a general "pluck two get one" policy provided they're not selling the stuff, no other questions asked.

Basically all that's necessary is to have someone responsible for organising things, the economics are trivial as we're literally talking about distributing stuff for free.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Free food that drops out of the trees? Get the fuck outta here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I don't think we are talking about actually edible fruits but I'm not sure

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What? Trees have genders? I guess I learned something new!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

News to me too... And I think it might be wrong but I don't know enough to say with confidence.

how I thought it works is that trees have male and female parts, but a single tree can have both parts. And some trees can self-pollinate.

My uneducated guess is that it depends on the species, some are sexed and some are hermaphrodite. That's how it goes in the animal kingdom.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

ULPT: You can pretend your allergy is a cold and call in sick

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Well, it's not that easy. Many plants have both female and male flower parts or flowers. And even if a species has individuals with only one of both sexes, then it might change over the season or over age. So there is really no way around pollen...