Unfortunately, we have bears around my parts. And bears like the fruit too, driving human bear conflict. Which means the bears are killed. ๐ป :(
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I hope they plan on coming back through and cleaning up all the not used drops. Especially before they all start rotting or animals get drunk on them and run into traffic.
https://land8.com/5-reasons-why-planting-fruit-trees-along-sidewalks-is-a-terrible-idea/
Here is someone trying it but notice they have an entire crew devoted to managing them and their hundreds of lbs of produce weekly. None of this even talks about the logistics of distributing it either.
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/cities-are-planting-trees-why-not-make-them-fruit-trees
From a city planner view point this would never fly because it was attract insects to public spaces.
It's bog standard to have fruit trees and berry bushes in urban areas here in sweden, rowan trees and serviceberry bushes are literally everywhere, and it simply is not a problem. Birds will eat most of it before you even have time to notice the fruit going bad.
Oh I'm sure some European countries have a more ecologically friendly setup than us. I'm speaking from the perspective of US city planners, and I assure you, this is a major consideration for them.
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it costs money to take care of trees like that. There's a lot of work you need to do to make sure the fruit comes out the correct way.
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