I have. We grew apples, cherries, peaches, and plums. Plenty of fruit that fell to the ground was left there and it NEVER caused a problem. Hell, if anything, it provided a massive food resource for various animals.

No tears? :D

I live out in the country. 99% of my rides are on roads next to orange and avocado orchards, strawberry fields (forever), horse ranches and assorted other agricultural land uses.

Organic materials tossed on the side are fine. Inner tubes, CO2 cartridges and Goo packets are not OK.

BTW, those of you who have these idyllic view of pristine, bucolic farms you'd be horrified to find out about some of the chemicals that farmers routinely spray on their crops and land. Try not to be caught riding down wind from a pesticide spraying helo on a windy day...that s h i t will really do a number on you!

So rather than telling all of us the secret reason to why you can't toss a banana peel into the bushes on the side of low traffic, 20 mile country road, you suggest we all quit our jobs and join migrant workers in fruit orchards?

Wut?

Right, don't throw your apple cores and banana peels on a sidewalk, on someone's lawn, etc.

Check.

Thank you for your public service.

Yes there are lots of situations where that sort of rubbish ruins nature... but not the situation where a banana peel or two or three is going to kill a nearby tree, or bush or grass, yeah if you dump a garbage bin full peels in on spot it is probably going to kill the grass in that spot... and maybe a foot or 2 around it... but thats about it.
We all agree that throwing things on the side of the road is bad, you seem to be the only one that is going to have a heart attack when something that comes from the earth (unaltered) goes back to the earth.

That Indian comment made me laugh, I think the poster was talking about Native Americans not people from India.

Nobody cares what your littering laws are, leaves that fall off trees are technically called leaf litter, do you yell at the tree when it sheds a leaf in the fall? http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=276089

That is absolutely fascinating video. In the beaches of So. Cal. there are times when groups of sea lions wash ashore and die. It always amazes me to see how quickly the carcasses of these large mammals are reduced to nothing.

Mother Nature is the ultimate recycler.

I do find it interesting that this conversation went from goo packets to fruit peels. I am glad people are eating more fruit on their rides instead of some overly processed sugar syrup.

I think we can all agree that throwing used goo packets, co2 cartridges or powerbar wrappers on the ground is a no-no and probably shouldn't be done. That is a positive step for the bicycling community considering how many I see tossing that stuff anywhere they please.

I told you :lol:

And did the orchards mind if people came by an threw other types of those fruits into the orchards? I don't think a piece of fruit landing on the ground is going to cause a problem ... I'm talking about introducing disease or other types of fruit into the mix.

The vineyards where I live have huge signs up saying the absolutely no grape material is to be brought into that area ... they don't exclude a bunch of table grapes bought at the local Coles.

It's that sort of situation where ignorantly tossing fruit material can cause issues.

No, I'm pretty sure he meant people from India ... he used the word Indian.

For those too young, the Indian comment refers to a television commercial from the 70s (featuring a person appearing to be a native American shedding a tear over litter).

Personally, I think 'leave nothing but tire tracks' is always a good standard to uphold.

Do you believe a banana peel is going to magically contaminate an orchard with banana-flavored apples?

The reason grape farmers don't want other grape material present is because they control the flavor and character of those grapes very carefully to make wine and they don't want mixed flavors. A banana peel would have zero effect on a vineyard.Well, if you knew anything about history you'd know native Americans were mistaken for "Indians" by the early explorers from Europe who believed they had found a new route to India. The name stuck and to this day, "Indian" stands a 50/50 chance of referring to Native Americans when used by a person from North America.

There was this guy, about 500 years ago, named Christopher Columbus ...

The guy got lost, didn't he? Great example of turning lemons into lemonade! :thumb:

CC:
"WTF? Where the hell are we?"
"Boys, none of these $*** look familiar! Anyone got a clue?"
"Nah, f--- it! We can call it something like a new world or something...yeah! That's it!"
"Alrighty, let's kill us some people and settle in!"

Natives:
"Oh great...look at that, boat people!"

The history of ... some foreign country? :lol:

No, sorry, that foreign country doesn't get much of a mention in the history classes I've taken.

We bury them. Years ago we'd pour lime in the hole but those days are long gone.

What foreign country? I was talking about basic transcontinental exploration, you rube.

America ... the foreign country, America. You know ... where the mis-named "Indians" are located.

"rube"??

I'm sorry the schools you went to failed you in such a shocking manner. :(

Hey, Columbus was an Italian working on behalf of Spain. The mis-nomer was clearly a European mistake.

America just wasn't important enough to be included on the curriculum. Lots about Canada, of course, and lots about Europe and other countries.

What? Columbus discovered the USA?

Here are three numbers:

2012
1776
1492

Do some maths.

5280





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oh lawds we've gone from discarded wrappers and CO2 cartridges, to fruit orchard contamination, to the blunders of European explorers and names of native populations. :lol:

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