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Does a ginkgo drop a lot of debris?

A male ginkgo drops almost nothing but one spectacular leaf fall — it abscises its entire canopy within a day or two of the first hard freeze, usually mid-to-late November here, so it is one rake instead of six weeks of them. Female trees are the actual problem: fleshy seed coats land in October, smell like rancid butter or vomit because of butyric acid, and get tracked indoors on shoes.

How much tree is dropping it

50 to 75 ft tall with a 50 to 60 ft spread at maturity, and it will outlive the house — ginkgos routinely pass 200 years and the species includes individuals over 1,000. Because growth is slow, most ginkgos on central Indiana lots are still a low-to-mid bracket removal; a fully mature one over a roof is a crane job.

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