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Gardening

Retrograde

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19. There are a few fruit-bearing trees on my block

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2018, 10:04 PM

May 2018

one has a plum-like fruit, and there are 2 black walnuts. People can get some of the plums, but the squirrels get the walnuts before they're ripe. Result: half-eaten nuts and debris all over the place. I'm currently picking up 3-5 partially chewed avocados every day since those fuzzy-tailed rats have learned how to eat them on the tree. (Yes, I use as many as I can, and I put out surplus fruit for the neighbors, but there's a lot of fruit I can't get to, and the squirrels don't bother waiting for it to ripen).

The half-eaten fruits are a hazard, not to mention a mess. OTOH, there's a persimmon tree in a nearby park that in the past few years has developed a pattern: people get the fruits on the bottom third, the squirrels get the middle third, and bird get the ones on the top where the branches are too thin to support the rodents.

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I joined a guerilla mission to turn city trees into fruit trees [View all] NeoGreen May 2018 OP

That doesn't seem like a very good idea. procon May 2018 #1

From the article, a lot of babylonsister May 2018 #3

That fruit was taken from private properties where they had permission procon May 2018 #7

Birds and small animals wait as we do for the fruit to ripen before they eat it. shraby May 2018 #4

That's just not practical for a crowded city sidewalk. procon May 2018 #5

A nearby city micro park with a war monument and a peach tree ... Marcuse May 2018 #8

The town I grew up in actually pulled the fruit trees out Kilgore May 2018 #2

Fruit trees are great, but city streets need shade trees. enough May 2018 #6

I would take all the bee-fearing, fruit-averse comments more seriously if... DemocracyMouse May 2018 #9

Thanks, Mouse, but many of us do indeed give more than "half a thought to how to feed the homeless." Nitram May 2018 #11

Those are good, but so is creative urban expression which is a little off the grid. DemocracyMouse May 2018 #14

I'm not sure this is a good idea. Fruit trees need fertilization and must be pruned on a regular Nitram May 2018 #10

Good intentions - Bless them, but--- packman May 2018 #12

I agree with the opposers. femmocrat May 2018 #13

I applaud NeoGreen and the punk urban gardening kids. You nip-and-tuck gardeners... DemocracyMouse May 2018 #15

Mouse, I applaud your spirit. But I wonder if it does more to make the "gardeners" feel good about Nitram May 2018 #16

Human nature includes both the organized and the loose. DemocracyMouse May 2018 #17

Reminds me of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Been a very long time since I read that! Nitram May 2018 #18

There are a few fruit-bearing trees on my block Retrograde May 2018 #19