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Plants in pollen season cause me a lot of allergies and deer are tearing up my garden. I would like to summon the ambassador for plants and animals to give acc

• Spivak 4y ago
  So we actually did this to ourselves, it’s sometimes called “botanical sexism.” The majority of flora we plant are pollen releasing rather than fruit or seed bearing because we don’t like cleaning it up. This makes allergies so much worse if you live in area that is professionally landscaped compared to nature. In truth we could have the best of both worlds if we were diligent about only planting seed bearing trees because no pollen no fruit but that’s a lot of work.
  • nanomonkey 4y ago
    This! I've been on a crusade in my city trying to get them to reverse the laws around what fruit bearing trees can be planted on the streets. It's crazy to me that only male trees can be used, as they produce so much pollen and don't produce anything useful for folks to eat. I can see the point about fruit making a mess, but pollen is just as bad for cars and our health.