Ginkgo or Gingko fallout on Seventh Street today via Derek Berg...
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ooph. they smell so bad when they rot
ReplyDeletesorry to be a stickler - but isn't it gingko?
ReplyDeleteStinko Ginko
ReplyDeleteOnly the female trees has the fruit and yes, when it falls and rots not a pleasant smell. That's why most of the trees planted are male trees
ReplyDeleteAt 10:28 PM, Anonymous said:
ReplyDeleteooph. they smell so bad when they rot
Name me one thing that doesn't smell bad when it rots?
it's like all the gingko trees in the city just VOMITED simultaneously
ReplyDeleteI walked down that block this morning and it was quite remarkable — all the leaves at once, still green. Never seen that before. A statement from Mother Nature?
ReplyDeleteDid a little research, and it seems that ginkgoes lose all of their leaves at once with the first hard frost. According to a recent article in The Atlantic, most flowering trees form the scar between their leaves and stems at different rates in different parts of the tree over the course of several weeks, making the leaves fall off individually. With ginkgoes, the scar forms across all the stems at once, so they all drop at the same time. And the date when it happens is yet another indicator of ongoing climate change . . .
ReplyDeleteYes, I noticed that too. The green yawn due to, I believe: a freeze!
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