r/Vaughan • u/End-Subject • 2d ago

Fruit trees

Why doesn't the city of Vaughan plant more fruit trees? Instead of the usual maple or oak. Why not Apple, cherry, pear etc?

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u/have2gopee 2d ago

It would be a mess to clean up when they fall and rot on the ground to become a wasp utopia. Maybe a liability too if people try to climb up to get fruit.

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u/Super_Good_Stuff 11h ago

Good point ... Welp, I guess humans cannot EVER live in a utopia paradise.

(Just realized in any of the Caribbean Islands there are mango trees everywhere with insanely delicious mangoes. Have not noticed any wasp problem, but also the mangoes are so good that they don't stay on the ground for very long lol)

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u/End-Subject 2d ago

I can still see it working in parks on  grass fields. Not on boulevards though. 

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u/TronAres25 2d ago

Better then humans.

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u/BeeAccomplished5676 2d ago

There are fruit trees around on public land if you look for them

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u/SDL68 2d ago

Fruit trees are not plant and forget. They need to be pruned yearly and sprayed regularly with pesticides/fungicides to get any viable amount of fruit.

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u/Tall-Ad-1386 2d ago

You want more coyotes?
Fruit trees bring little animals that bring coyotes

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u/lepreqon_ 1d ago

A lot of maintenance needs, then rats, bird excrement, wasps, bats, raccoons, coyotes, etc... Anyone who ever tended to a fruit orchard knows why.

They actually did plant wild pears along some streets, including in front of my house. Replaced with maples and oaks about a decade later for these exact reasons.

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u/Super_Good_Stuff 11h ago

Ah so this could explain why they don't let us all have gardens to grow much of our own food, or collect rain water. Or have our own chicken coups for daily eggs.

What an insane trade-off for having abundant affordable healthy food for everyone.

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u/lepreqon_ 10h ago edited 5h ago

Who prevents you from having a vegetable garden or collect rain water in your backyard? There's no bi-law forbidding that afaik.

Chicken coops are forbidden indeed (rats etc), a different story.

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u/PlanktonOwn594 2d ago

The government doesn’t want you to eat for free.