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Originally Posted by Xist
There was a huge fire about half an hour from here sixteen years ago. Grass and stuff has grown back, but zero trees. Maybe I could fill a ruck sack with pine seeds, poke a hole in the bottom, and walk from one end to the other until my bag is empty, and some trees will grow, but this would probably benefit squirrels much more, while the seed balls contain pepper and other ingredients to repel pests.
Why can't I save the world with a hundred billion seed balls and some modified paintball guns?
Just kidding, that would cost $2 Billion!
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Where I live, many thousands of acorns come down each year.
Feral hogs bull-doze most of them. What manage to sprout are often browsed right down to the ground by squirrels, killing most.
After that, heat, drought, and hard freezes dispatch some of the few remaining.
Neighbors up the road brought in large animals as a tax-dodge. Some of the trees have had all their bark rubbed off already. Cambium's all gone. Dead. Just like some places in Africa, but without the travel costs.