Ginko tree
Mike Kenzie
I found some Ginko trees growing in downtown Ottawa today and was wondering
Where can I get seedlings or seed to start some. Do they have any special
requirements?
thanks
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Jeffrey A. Del Col
Ginkgos are very tough trees; they will grow just about anywhere--that's
why they are popular with city landscapers. They are available from a
number of sources, including Gurney's.
A WORD OF CAUTION__ Be sure to get a male ginkgo; the female trees
produce fruit that smells like vomit.
Almost all the ginkgos available commercially SHOULD be male clones
produced from cuttings. BTW, they root fairly easily from cuttings.
J. Del Col
David DeGroote
David DeGroote
Louis A. D'Amario
survived from the time of the dinosaurs. Pretty impressive (if it's
true). Can anyone confirm this? That means it's been around for 100s of
millions of years. Maybe vegetarian dinosaurs ate ginko trees.
P. S. They are very common here in southern California.
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Lou D'Amario
BradSmall
(Jeffrey A. Del Col) writes:
>A WORD OF CAUTION__ Be sure to get a male ginkgo; the female trees
>produce fruit that smells like vomit.
Is this the same Ginko with the leaf that is shaped kind of like a hand
fan? There was a Ginko Balboa <sp> labeled in our park back in
Pennsylvania, it had fruit on it that was about the size of a very large
grape. It had no foul odor and tasted quite sweet? Is this a different
tree, or does my smeller not work??
Brad
Jeffrey A. Del Col
Ginkgo biloba is the only species there is, so far as I know.
Once the fruit falls, it putrefies very rapidly with a powerful
odor of butyric acid. They don't always smell, but when they do--
eaagghh!
BTW, ginkgo seeds( after careful washing) are much sought after
in some Asian cultures. They taste good.
J. Del Col
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Jeff Ochs
> In article <354f1b$a...@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, br...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
> (Jeffrey A. Del Col) writes:
>
>>A WORD OF CAUTION__ Be sure to get a male ginkgo; the female trees
>>produce fruit that smells like vomit.
>
>
Someone on this group told me last year that Ginkgo seeds, when roasted,
taste much like roasted peanuts.
You have to remove the foul-smelling seed coating(which to me smells like
rancid butter.)
There is many Ginkgo trees here on campus, and at least one of them is a female
tree. Its "fruits" drop with its leaves usually in mid-October here in
Southern Michigan.
Jeff
Jeff Ochs
>
> In a previous article, brad...@aol.com (BradSmall) says:
>
>>In article <354f1b$a...@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, br...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
>>(Jeffrey A. Del Col) writes:
>>
> Ginkgo biloba is the only species there is, so far as I know.
> Once the fruit falls, it putrefies very rapidly with a powerful
> odor of butyric acid. They don't always smell, but when they do--
> eaagghh!
>
> There is only one species of Ginkgo. It is around today thanks to Chinese
Monks who planted this tree in their gardens. If not for them, the Ginkgo
would be extinct. It is a "living fossil" because it has remained virtually
unchanged since Dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Jeff
cla...@lsl.co.uk
Ginkgo biloba ('g' in the name) are also to be found in parks and gardens
in the UK (not very common though). They seem to be a durable hardy tree.
For anyone who doesn't know, Ginkgo is sometimes called the Maidenhair Tree
because the leaves look like those on Adiantum - the Maidenhair Fern. It
is a deciduous conifer which looks nothing like any other tree.
I have seen specimens offered at Garden Centres and seed is available
from suppliers (e.g. Chiltern Seeds, or Thompson & Morgan in the UK).
I have seen 'pre-sprouted' seeds offered I think by T&M also, which might
be a good idea as the one lot that I planted didn't germinate.
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Paul Maser
>>I found some Ginko trees growing in downtown Ottawa today and was wonderi
>>
JADC>Ginkgos are very tough trees; they will grow just about anywhere--that's
>why they are popular with city landscapers. They are available from a
>number of sources, including Gurney's.
For your own tree, sneak up on the trees growing in Ottawa and break off
several inches of new growth at the point where it branches out of the
old limb, run home and set in in moist potting soil. You have a real
good chance it will root.
I know that this is a major sin and desecration of the community
landscape and that I should be whipped within an inch of my being for
suggesting it and I'm eternally sorry to all those that will flame me
for this idea. I will go sequester myself in a closet for several hours
in recompense.
Paul
Thomas Rich Schwerdt
>>>produce fruit that smells like vomit.
I have fond memories of ginkos and freshman chemistry class. There was
only one really good route from the dorms to our class, and it passes
by not one, but two female ginkgo trees -- which of course dropped
their fruits directly on the asphalt pathway to be crushed to a jelly
and tracked wherever students would go. That fall, the room ALWAYS smelled
of ginkgo fruit, but I kinda liked the smell.
:)
-Tom the Melaniephile
Rob King
JADC>>
> >>I found some Ginko trees growing in downtown Ottawa today and was wond
> >>
Ginkgo grows in nearly any soil, and has few, if any, diseases/pests.
>For your own tree, sneak up on the trees growing in Ottawa and break off
>several inches of new growth at the point where it branches out of the
>old limb, run home and set in in moist potting soil. You have a real
>good chance it will root.
Ginkgo will root readily... just make sure that you get a start from a
MALE plant... Otherwise, you will find out why the FEMALE Ginkgo is
commonly called the "stink-bomb tree"..!!.
Rob.
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Richard Attix
Hi folks,
We parked our new car under a ginkgo tree, several of which line our
block here in Washington, D.C. and were hit daily by its odoriferous fruit.
The smell is odd, but the worst part is that the juice from the fruit
EATS THROUGH CAR PAINT!!! I didn't understand this until I tried to wash my
car one day and found holes down to the bare metal, so, be forwarned.
Also, my dad who is a native Californian once recited a poem that had
made the rounds out there where ginkgo trees are apparently fairly
common, and the upshot of this poem is (I kid you not) that ginkgo fruit
smells like sex! I can remember many days driving around my own
neighborhood and wondering where the orgy was.
Anyway, have fun with your Ginkgo. RHA