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A darker shade of green: how authoritarian governments are forcing people to grow plants in their homes instead of pragmatic policies.
In china, millions of Muslim residents are displaced by government tree farms
Why would these bushes attract any more mosquitos or insects than any other random bushes in a yard or streetside tho?
exterminator here: mosquitoes are crepuscular, which means they only come out at dusk. Direct sunlight will dry them out and kill them, so they spend the day time hiding out in foliage like this. Additionally, mosquitos do not travel far to acquire blood meals and will typically spend their entire lives in the square mile where they were born. So yeah, these balconies are definitely attractive homes to mosquitoes.
if they were I'd be out of a job. But imo the foliage on these balconies is well worth whatever mosquitoes are hiding inside; you can't cherry-pick with nature you get the good and the bad, and that's still far better than the alternative
According to this person the bigger issue is mold from lack of direct sunlight in the apartments themselves (something literally every apartment I've ever lived in has had a probablem with). Apparently they want to foliage to grow wild for a bit and manicure it once people get settled in because growing it takes years and manicuring can be done in a couple days.
Sadly they aren't. Light attractants mostly kill other bugs (usually pollinators like moths) and effective traps use a combination of CO2 and octenol, they usually require a power source and cost several hundred USD.
The best course of action is still removing standing water (breeding habitats) and using physical barriers to keep them out of whatever area you are in.
Idk, but this is a lot of plants which helps maintain moisture which is beneficial for mosquitoes
True, but mosquitoes need standing water to lay their eggs in. And if there are regular standing pools, there are pesticides that can be added to the water or add fish, dragon flies, or tree frogs. Fish will eat mosquitoes and larvae if they are in/on the water, dragonflies and frog larvae eat mosquito larvae.
Wild guess? Maybe the planters weren't draining properly, or otherwise were clogged or damaged, causing some pools of stillwater to form, so far away from potential prey I could see it as a great breeding ground
It does move the favorable habitat closer to humans. But, if there's proper medical facilities, malaria isn't hard to treat.
ngl, i'm jealous. There's so few plants that thrive on my balcony. It's hot and dry and windy, basically the only stuff that feels at home there are mediterranean mountain shrubs.
cacti are cool, low-effort, and can survive pretty much anywhere as long as they dont get too much water
I bet this will get posted to r/urbanhell cause China=bad, no matter how fucking cool this is. honestly I get sad being in big cities for too long without seeing green. Small parks dont really count much to me, the concrete jungle just doesn't do it for me, I need more nature than grass and like 10 trees. I know not everyone is like this, but I super appreciate and like what they did here to make it just feel alive and not so bleak.
Have you seen Singapore's green architecture? I don't know if it's only for the bourg or not, but it looks dope as fuck.
Checking it out right now, I have seen a couple before but never really looked into it
Why would China be emulating a game created by SJWs to destroy Western culture with muscular women? Seems like theyre up to something
They're all sold apparently seems like there's a ton of real estate speculation going on though so I don't really know.
I mean, as long as they're built well there will come a point that they're repurposed. Seems like a lot of them are well maintained, but a lot of them aren't (not necessarily endorsing the rest of that channel, don't really know much about it this is just a good example of the pop up real estate stuff China is doing).
China absolutely has some serious problems with inequality and some massive contradictions that need to be reconciled. They're on a good path with the huge investment in fighting poverty and building an alternative to the IMF for developing production in Africa, but they're not perfect. I think real estate speculation is one place where China really falls flat.
china once again being cool
the mosquitoes are a problem though, maybe next time they need to plant some plants that fuck with them
Finally! this is the opportunity to sell all the lizards I bought as an investment.
It's really unintentional? I was about to ask if everyone was good at keeping plants or the towers had gardeners like those people that wipe windows of skyscrappers.
Looks awful! The Chinese people are clearly struggling and in need of some free market reforms - Sincerely, :capitalist:
I mean, in this case it was a failed project. Only ten families moved in over the timespan of a year due to mosquito infestations.
Looks cool though.
Also I sure as fuck don't want to take care of all those plants and trees. One cactus is enough thank you very much.
If I were forced to live in an above-ground apartment I'd love to have some green plants and maybe a little herb garden on a back porch this size. These abundant green porches would provide extra shade, extra fresh air, and cool the buildings during summer, lowering the energy expenditure on air conditioning. It's so hard to believe this photo is even real in US hellworld, where landlords and real estate property owners would probably prevent this because of complaints about the costs of cleaning up dead leaves and dirt, or needing extra tapwater to keep these plants healthy. The only major downsides would be the humidity and mosquitoes, which means we won't be seeing these set up on the east coast anytime soon. ;_;
While people are talking about how these apartments have a problem with mosquitos that's caused by the plants, it should be noted that any time anyone does something new and cool there's going to be some kind of unforeseen problem that needs to be overcome. I don't think it's very likely that China will just let these apartments remain empty, but will instead try to figure something out (though they may end up deciding that the cheapest solution is to just torch all of the plants).
That's not even a real problem either, it's only like that because it's barely occupied yet, when it's full then residents will be there to take care of standing water, meanwhile in the US they have to crop dust suburbs with pesticides after it rains too much
The easiest way to deal with mosquitos is to cultivate a population of natural predators, like song birds
Love it, although mine would be all succulents and shit cause I ain't gonna take the time to water all that.
If they're appropriate to the climate it shouldn't be too bad
If they are native plants they would get by with mostly just water. Also would not be too costly to hire somebody to do the occasional trimming and fertilization.
I'm a gardener who obsesses with automation and irrigation, what I would do here is select plants that have a size limit (you can get vines and whatnot that top off at x feet), run some kind of irrigation down the building to distribute rainwater, and you can inject fertilizer into the line.
