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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 17 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

It’s an invasive species and they grow with very poor structure so that they basically collapse in a pile of broken limbs after a couple of decades. And the nurseries marketed them heavily for a while so they’re planted everywhere. Pain in the ass to work with.

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

They make fantastic smoke though. Absolutely the best free meat smoking wood out there, because you can always find it in piles at the ends of people's driveways for the trash to pick up.

Honestly one of my favorite trees for exactly this reason.

[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I'm going to gather that the smoke does NOT smell like cum too.

Or is that why you love it? 🤔

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 minutes ago

Haha, it's a fruit tree so it smokes similar to an applewood.