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Citizen complaint of the day: Stinky ginkos

By adamg on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 8:23pm
Ginkos

A disgusted citizen files a 311 complaint about the stench at Ryan Playground in Dorchester:

These ginkgo trees drop these every fall and they make the whole playground smell like vomit. If you step on them your shoes stink really badly. Can these be picked up and perhaps the trees be replaced?

Neighborhoods: 
Dorchester
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Comments

By Ari O on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 8:47pm.

Remember that guy in Brighton who would go around killing trees?

Maybe we can get him to just kill stinky ginkgos (stinkgos?)

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By AlsoAnon on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 9:11pm.

Why on earth would anyone choose this type of tree for a playground in the first place? A tree that sheds fruit, makes a mess that needs to be cleaned up and stinks? Also, fallen, rotting fruit is a MAGNET for rodents......

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By BB from Dot on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 9:26pm.

These were planted before people could tell the difference between the fruiting and non-fruiting varieties.

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By Ari O on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 9:32pm.

Here's a good podcast, though.

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By redheadedjen on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 1:32pm.

I love Outside/In.

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By anon on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 9:05pm.

probably step on them on purpose, and it's only one weenie complaining.

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By Lunchbox on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 9:12pm.

Stinko ginkos

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By Daan on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 10:30pm.

Anyone wanting to live in a sterile environment should build themselves a bubble. The smell is obnoxious. But it's a necessary metaphor. Reminder that not all in life is under our control or domination. Even if that takes planting the bugger.

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By cinnamngrl on Mon, 10/21/2019 - 11:46pm.

Ginkgo biloba trees are attractive enough to be used as specimen plants in your landscaping, particularly because of their golden fall foliage color. They are more tolerant of compacted soil than many other types of trees. They are also disease-resistant and tolerate urban pollution.

Apparently, you can clean up the fruit. So I would ask why Parks and Rec are not cleaning it?

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By StillFromDorchester on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 7:40am.

In the playground near my house, they stink bad and even the squirrels stay away from them.

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By anon on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 3:44pm.

They know what stinky fruit portends.

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By Scratchie on Wed, 10/23/2019 - 8:48am.

Land of the gross... ginkos!

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By Old Groucho on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 9:13am.

there'll be 311 complaints about people sleeping under them.

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By anon on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 9:40am.

Gingkos as a species are 250 million years old! Don't take me the wrong way, but you probably need more Asian people in your neighborhood. Gingko fruit are used in Asian cooking and medicine and I have seen many areas picked clean in the past by people who use them.

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By cinnamngrl on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 1:42pm.

Could they be harvested for some sensible use or study?

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By cinnamngrl on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 5:16pm.

http://www.suburbanforagers.com/2012/10/18/how-to-identify-harvest-and-p...

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By nml on Thu, 10/24/2019 - 9:53am.

Gingko nuts are edible (not the smelly fruit) and are delicious. They sell this stuff in the local markets. If someone wants to call my mom, she'll gladly pick them up for free.

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By anon on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 10:17am.

My guess is they're planted because they flower in the spring, and it was assumed that birds would come and eat all the fruit.

Used to live on a street that had them. Didn't know the proper name so I just called them Shitberries.

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