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That's more of an inefficient allocation issue. Mostly people driving past ripe fruit trees to buy fruit imported across oceans at the grocery store.
by ethbr1 2y ago
That's more of an inefficient allocation issue. Mostly people driving past ripe fruit trees to buy fruit imported across oceans at the grocery store.
- nine_k 2y agoWould you prefer fruit that grew near a city road, after many decades of cars passing by that place while burning leaded fuel?
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 2y agoBut you can't be sure the imported fruit wasn't grown in the same or worse conditions
- CalRobert 2y agoConsidering that orchards had lead arsenate sprayed on them it might actually be better https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X22103212 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X2...
- kjkjadksj 2y agoTheres a ton of fig and dates in socal people don’t pick. That being said its hard to pick these trees. They might be located in clumsy areas like by some razor wire in a parking lot. You aren’t sure when its time to harvest unless you know this tree well. Harvesting might not even be practical considering the best fruit is picked not dropped and picked up, and these trees could be huge. Then of course these being unsprayed trees the fruit is going to be full of wasp larvae at least for the figs. Then the rats will eat most of whatever is there thats worth eating anyhow before you realize its there. Commercially its a different story. Trees are planted and pruned to maintain easy harvesting. They are sprayed and rodents managed, as well as being overall outproduced by the yield on the farm. Fruit trees are a lot of work. Even literal money growing on trees would be work, against what the saying might imply.
- ethbr1 2y agoAs a previous owner of a fig tree, figs are also kind of the worst case. Crazy hard keeping those suckers harvestable, compared to citrus et al.
- xsmasher 2y ago> You aren’t sure when it is time to harvest unless you know this tree well. This is a big issue. Every bush and tree I've added to my yard is a learning experience about what "ripe" means and when to harvest. The bright red plums are enticing to the eye but bitter and chalky. Perfect blue blueberries that taste like lemons.
- ClumsyPilot 2y agoSpain has plenty of oranges growing in the middle of a public street, most of them are perfectly edible. If fruit trees are a common presence in the city, people learn when to pick what, it becomes common knowledge, it’s not rocket science.