IDK, my family's home in Mexico was in a city like this. Fruit trees literally everywhere. No one sold them, bc they were wild fruit trees and not as pretty or sweet as genetically modified fruit trees. Not bad though, I tried them once in a while.
Great, since you're so much better than us ignorant sheep, why don't you do it?
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As someone who has multiple fruit trees and always puts out buckets of the produce for people to take. That’s going to be a lot of fruit decomposing on the streets. Good idea but maybe other types of trees as well, pine is especially good for the environment and you can eat the new bright-green sprouts for c-vitamins.
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Of course they leave a lot of needles so it depends
Exactly what I thought... there'd be problems with pests like rats, wasps etc...
Also I think It is better to plant them in parks because fruit that grow next to busy streets would be very unhealthy due to pollution.
I have a lemon tree out front, on private land, this doesn't stop people from coming in and taking them without permission, I've taken to injecting them with certain liquids to give that nice taste when they are stolen.
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Actually this doesn’t really work. In Spain - especially Valencia which is internationally famous for its orange trees, there are orange or other citrus trees all over public land.
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And they’re overburdened with plenty of, beautiful, natural fruit. The problem is, due to the natural consequences of having produce plants in urban centres, the fruits absorb pollution and and chemicals, and are completely inedible. Aesthetically they’re beautiful, but awful to consume. They’re only really there for decoration.
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This would be the case for virtually any fruit trees in heavily populated areas. Backyards are different because to some extent you can micromanage what happens there, but still not ideal.
Also I think It is better to plant them in parks because fruit that grow next to busy streets would be very unhealthy due to pollution.
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And they’re overburdened with plenty of, beautiful, natural fruit. The problem is, due to the natural consequences of having produce plants in urban centres, the fruits absorb pollution and and chemicals, and are completely inedible. Aesthetically they’re beautiful, but awful to consume. They’re only really there for decoration.
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This would be the case for virtually any fruit trees in heavily populated areas. Backyards are different because to some extent you can micromanage what happens there, but still not ideal.