Aunt Liang, who lives in the Binjiang No. 1 community in the west district, told us that she had been choked by a stench in recent days, and this odor came from several "pot rack" trees in the community.
The tree in front of her is what Aunt Liang called the "pot rack" tree, the tree is full of yellowish bouquets that resemble cauliflowers, and Aunt Liang said that the smell is emitted from these flowers, but it cannot be smelled during the day.
Aunt Liang, the owner of Binjiang No. 1 Community
"It stinks from dark at night, when it's five o'clock or six o'clock, and then it stinks until the next morning, when it stinks to the point of pungent, and immediately after the pungent nose, it gets dizzy, and if it's more serious, it vomits, and now the whole nasal cavity is painful."
Aunt Liang said that her family would close the door and close the window at night, and even if the weather was cool now, she had to turn on the air conditioner to sleep, and Aunt Liang's neighbors were also deeply disturbed.
In fact, not only the Binjiang No. 1 community, but also on both sides of the Qijiang River near the Yuanfeng Bridge, there are also many "pot rack" trees, also called sugar gum trees, and the reporter saw the garden department at the scene dispatching aerial work trucks to clean up the flowers that emit the smell.
Zhu Minghao, project leader of the Garden Management Center
"The ingredient of this odor is called linalool oxide, which is non-toxic and harmless to the human body, but some citizens have allergies and may find it difficult to accept this smell."
Zhu Minghao said that the "pot shelf" shade is good, the tree body is relatively straight, the typhoon resistance is strong, it blooms every autumn, a flowering will emit this smell, the flowering period is about 1 month, of which the strongest odor lasts for 8 to 10 days, and 30% of the street trees managed by the municipal landscaping department are "pot shelves".
"At present, the municipal landscaping management of various bidding sections, are stepping up the process of the 'pot shelf' flowering problem, at the same time we will also write to the housing department, let the municipal housing department to assist and cooperate, requiring the 'pot shelf' in each community to also step up the treatment."
"The property manager said that he reflected it to the superior leaders to see how to deal with it, and talked to them about it, but there was no disposal."
The Binjiang No. 1 Community Property Company responded that the "basin shelf" in the community was planted by the developer.
Liang Qiwen, director of the customer service department of Binjiang No.1 Property Company
"If the owner has an opinion, no problem, we can publicize it, and if more than half of the owners don't like this tree, they can remove it."
In any case, it is an indisputable fact that this smell makes Aunt Liang unbearable, in case the owner's body has a problem because of this, who should be responsible? Some lawyers said that if these trees are planted by the developer, the developer is the main body of responsibility, but the property management company is also responsible.
Lawyer Zhou Wei
"Do some pruning in the early stage in a targeted manner, or avoid it from flowering in large quantities, or reduce its density, if he does not do it, then the property service is also flawed, and the property service can be used as a common responsibility."
In other words, if the announcement of the removal of trees in Binjiang No. 1 Community is not passed in the end, Aunt Liang can still ask the property owner to fulfill the relevant responsibilities and reduce the impact of the "pot shelf" odor on the owner as much as possible.
"In the future, the practice will be to spray some drugs to inhibit flowering before flowering, and at the same time, more pruning frequency will be added, and when greening renovation or planting trees in the future, we will try to avoid this tree species that has a relatively large impact on the public."
Source: Zhongshan News