Dr. Joe Schwarcz on ginkgo trees

[RiotGrrrlMeg]

Hey Dr. Joe, I heard that Napoleon was also aroused by body odour and that he didn't want his wife to bathe before he came home from fighting abroad.

[Hystericall]

No it doesn't. Your description is unfair, the smell is not bad at all.

[davidanderson]

You also find butyric acid in Parmesan cheese and chocolate, so it's not all bad.

[caidenmurphy]

Ginkgo trees are actually the only living member of their genus, family, order, class, phylum. This Ginkgo trees are actually the only living member of their genus, family, order and class! This means they have no living relatives! Ginkgo trees are native to Asia and actually endangered in the wild occurring only in a few small populations that are at risk of being destroyed due to habitat loss and climate change. Ginkgo trees when grown in other places such as the USA or Canada or other places are not invasive. Ginkgo trees can live up to 2, 000 years! Ginkgo trees have been around for roughly 270 million years and barely changed! Ginkgo trees were around during the dinosaurs! Unfortunately people often grow male cultivars of ginkgo trees that are clones of the same tree. These cultivars of ginkgo lack genetic diversity because they are all clones of one tree. This means that if one tree can get a disease and die then all of its clones can. This has happened with the gros michel banana cultivar where one tree could get a disease and because all of the plants were clones they all could be infected and die leading to the gros michel banana nearly going extinct. This same thing could happen to the ginkgo tree. While no serious diseases infect ginkgo trees now diseases mutate and evolve very quickly and commonly so there is a good chance of this happening. Seeds on the other hand have high genetic diversity this is because of genetic recombination and genetic crossing and increased chances for mutations. High genetic diversity is good because while one tree may get a disease and die another may have genes to be resistant and survive. So it’s best to grow ginkgo trees from seeds. Female ginkgo trees are actually a good thing because they absorb male ginkgo tree pollen. They do this because the female trees have female cones with a sticky liquid that catches the pollen and because there are so many on a tree female ginkgo trees act like pollen filters. This reduces allergies in spring. Female ginkgo trees while they do make stinky seeds there seeds are great for genetic diversity. Wildlife such as squirrels also occasionally eats ginkgo seeds. Female ginkgo trees are also good because they are usually trees grown from seed meaning they themselves have more genetic diversity. Ginkgo trees are easy to grow from seeds. Ginkgo tree seeds or baby ginkgo trees grown from seeds can be bought online on websites such as Etsy for a few dollars. Ginkgo trees can grow in zones 3-9. Ginkgo trees will grow in just about any soil type even clay but they prefer sandier soil. Ginkgo trees grown from seeds have a 50% chance of being male or female. Ginkgo trees like full sun but tolerate shade as well. Ginkgo trees like moist or dry soil and do not like constantly wet or soggy soil but will tolerate occasional flooding. Ginkgo tree seeds need cold stratification to do this place the seeds in moist sand in a ziplock then place it in the refrigerator for 3 months. Ginkgo trees are actually the only living member of their genus, family, order and class! This means they have no living relatives! Ginkgo trees are native to Asia and actually endangered in the wild occurring only in a few small populations that are at risk of being destroyed due to habitat loss and climate change. Ginkgo trees when grown in other places such as the USA or Canada or other places are not invasive. Ginkgo trees can live up to 2, 000 years! Ginkgo trees have been around for roughly 270 million years and barely changed! Ginkgo trees were around during the dinosaurs! Unfortunately people often grow male cultivars of ginkgo trees that are clones of the same tree. These cultivars of ginkgo lack genetic diversity because they are all clones of one tree. This means that if one tree can get a disease and die then all of its clones can. This has happened with the gros michel banana cultivar where one tree could get a disease and because all of the plants were clones they all could be infected and die leading to the gros michel banana nearly going extinct. This same thing could happen to the ginkgo tree. While no serious diseases infect ginkgo trees now diseases mutate and evolve very quickly and commonly so there is a good chance of this happening. Seeds on the other hand have high genetic diversity this is because of genetic recombination and genetic crossing and increased chances for mutations. High genetic diversity is good because while one tree may get a disease and die another may have genes to be resistant and survive. So it’s best to grow ginkgo trees from seeds. Female ginkgo trees are actually a good thing because they absorb male ginkgo tree pollen. They do this because the female trees have female cones with a sticky liquid that catches the pollen and because there are so many on a tree female ginkgo trees act like pollen filters. This reduces allergies in spring. Female ginkgo trees while they do make stinky seeds there seeds are great for genetic diversity. Wildlife such as squirrels also occasionally eats ginkgo seeds. Female ginkgo trees are also good because they are usually trees grown from seed meaning they themselves have more genetic diversity. Ginkgo trees are easy to grow from seeds. Ginkgo tree seeds or baby ginkgo trees grown from seeds can be bought online on websites such as Etsy for a few dollars. Ginkgo trees can grow in zones 3-9. Ginkgo trees will grow in just about any soil type even clay but they prefer sandier soil. Ginkgo trees grown from seeds have a 50% chance of being male or female. Ginkgo trees like full sun but tolerate shade as well. Ginkgo trees like moist or dry soil and do not like constantly wet or soggy soil but will tolerate occasional flooding. Ginkgo tree seeds need cold stratification to do this place the seeds in moist sand in a ziplock then place it in the refrigerator for 3 months. means they have no living relatives! Ginkgo trees are native to Asia and actually endangered in the wild occurring only in a few small populations that are at risk of being destroyed due to habitat loss and climate change. Ginkgo trees when grown in other places such as the USA or Canada or other places are not invasive. Ginkgo trees can live up to 2, 000 years! Ginkgo trees have been around for roughly 270 million years and barely changed! Ginkgo trees were around during the dinosaurs! Unfortunately people often grow male cultivars of ginkgo trees that are clones of the same tree. These cultivars of ginkgo lack genetic diversity because they are all clones of one tree. This means that if one tree can get a disease and die then all of its clones can. This has happened with the gros michel banana cultivar where one tree could get a disease and because all of the plants were clones they all could be infected and die leading to the gros michel banana nearly going extinct. This same thing could happen to the ginkgo tree. While no serious diseases infect ginkgo trees now diseases mutate and evolve very quickly and commonly so there is a good chance of this happening. Seeds on the other hand have high genetic diversity this is because of genetic recombination and genetic crossing and increased chances for mutations. High genetic diversity is good because while one tree may get a disease and die another may have genes to be resistant and survive. So it’s best to grow ginkgo trees from seeds. Female ginkgo trees are actually a good thing because they absorb male ginkgo tree pollen. They do this because the female trees have female cones with a sticky liquid that catches the pollen and because there are so many on a tree female ginkgo trees act like pollen filters. This reduces allergies in spring. Female ginkgo trees while they do make stinky seeds there seeds are great for genetic diversity. Wildlife such as squirrels also occasionally eats ginkgo seeds. Female ginkgo trees are also good because they are usually trees grown from seed meaning they themselves have more genetic diversity. Ginkgo trees are easy to grow from seeds. Ginkgo tree seeds or baby ginkgo trees grown from seeds can be bought online on websites such as Etsy for a few dollars. Ginkgo trees can grow in zones 3-9. Ginkgo trees will grow in just about any soil type even clay but they prefer sandier soil. Ginkgo trees grown from seeds have a 50% chance of being male or female. Ginkgo trees like full sun but tolerate shade as well. Ginkgo trees like moist or dry soil and do not like constantly wet or soggy soil but will tolerate occasional flooding. Ginkgo tree seeds need cold stratification to do this place the seeds in moist sand in a ziplock then place it in the refrigerator for 3 months.

[andreacooks]

He's a quack? Yes..No? Just trying to figure out all the ducks(just kidding) Lol

[jesussmhani]

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