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Gender and music

Hello Alex and Casey! Since gender is a social construct, what tree or plant would you use to describe your own experience? Personally mine would be some sort of tree that initially looks like it just has fruit bearing flowers/cones, but then you get close and realize I have some branches that have changed to pollen producing. I have a music recommendation that makes me think of this podcast! It's "Soil" by Cosmo Sheldrake, though his entire discography is great. Nerd-in-space

When tree leaves have fungal or other infections (for example I have a peach tree with peach tree curl), where is the infection during the winter when the tree has no leaves? I notice things like that seem to come back every year. Can you talk about pathogen life cycles?

When tree leaves have fungal or other infections (for example I have a peach tree with peach tree curl), where is the infection during the winter when the tree has no leaves? I notice things like that seem to come back every year. Can you talk about pathogen life cycles?

Nostalgia

Hi guys! I've noticed that I haven't heard Sibley's guide to trees mentioned recently. It took me a year to listen to everything published and I've started re-listening from the beginning (but Treemium this time). It's like looking at the podcast's baby photos, it's so nostalgic to hear how much you guys have grown. From the OG intro to Alex's first mic sound to the first versions of "let's id this tree" (Douglas fir was Tall and Wide). Anyway! I look forward to the next episode and I hope to hear a cameo from Sibley's guide to trees again. Nerd-in-space

Discord or other community?

Hey guys, Have you ever considered having a discord server for the community to discuss trees and other related topics? I think it would be neat to have a place where the community can talk about and share pictures of cool trees and stuff. I hang out on a gardening server but there aren’t a lot of tree folks there. Thanks and love the pod! ❤️🌲

Medicine trees

I just read about a new malaria vaccine that relies on an adjuvant (apparently something that boosts the body's immune response) from the Chilean soap bark tree. Do you think you could do an episode on this tree or maybe a series of trees important to modern medicine?