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minus-square ditty ( @dditty@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish30•edit-22 months agoThis, and we need to reincorporate female trees in urban areas to reduce the rampant pollen pollution caused by exclusively using male trees 🤧
minus-square flora_explora ( @flora_explora@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoWell, it’s not that easy. Many plants have both female and male flower parts or flowers. And even if a species has individuals with only one of both sexes, then it might change over the season or over age. So there is really no way around pollen…
minus-square Sparky ( @Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoWhat? Trees have genders? I guess I learned something new!
minus-square NeatNit ( @NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoNews to me too… And I think it might be wrong but I don’t know enough to say with confidence. how I thought it works is that trees have male and female parts, but a single tree can have both parts. And some trees can self-pollinate. My uneducated guess is that it depends on the species, some are sexed and some are hermaphrodite. That’s how it goes in the animal kingdom.
minus-square Rubanski ( @Rubanski@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoULPT: You can pretend your allergy is a cold and call in sick
This, and we need to reincorporate female trees in urban areas to reduce the rampant pollen pollution caused by exclusively using male trees 🤧
Well, it’s not that easy. Many plants have both female and male flower parts or flowers. And even if a species has individuals with only one of both sexes, then it might change over the season or over age. So there is really no way around pollen…
What? Trees have genders? I guess I learned something new!
News to me too… And I think it might be wrong but I don’t know enough to say with confidence.
how I thought it works is that trees have male and female parts, but a single tree can have both parts. And some trees can self-pollinate.
My uneducated guess is that it depends on the species, some are sexed and some are hermaphrodite. That’s how it goes in the animal kingdom.
ULPT: You can pretend your allergy is a cold and call in sick