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  • From: "Marsha Hanzi" <hanzibra@svn.com.br>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: [Fwd: Crops from street trees]
  • Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:54:07 -0300


Thank you, Russ, for taking time to go in depth about this-- a very good
summary of the situation!
In Manaus, Brazil, the streets are shaded with mango trees which feed a ot
of people at harvest time.


But I have also seen a VW "bug" smashed in due to a jackfruit falling on its
roof!

>
> 3) Before planting the trees, think about fruitfall and whether this will
> stain car paintwork or cause other negative impacts which would lead to
> pressure on council to remove the trees.
>

Two objections to urban fruits I have heard here are :
1) The mess the falling fruits might make. In fact this has never been the
case, as they are always harvested LONG before they fall ( often when still
green...)
2) Damage which might be caused by kids throwing stones at the fruit. I
especially like the Village Homes solution of leaving a long bamboo pole
leaning against the tree to facilitate fruit harvest..

Marsha
Instituto de Permacultura da Bahia
http://www.geocites.com/ipbbr






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