ive got a group of about 5 or 6 pretty large honey locust trees right in the middle of a bunch of Elms I'm planning on cutting down to shed some light on a bunch of young trees. What are your thoughts on honey locust? Should they stay or go? They don't seem to propagate like black locust.
Honey locust question
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Bill
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Their the devil in tree form. Open up the elms and honey locust will grow.
At least around me. Heck they grow 2 to 3 feet in a bean field in one summer.
Honestly, I leave most of mine, cover is cover and I need all I can get.
If you want to get rid of them do a basil spray and let them die standing so they don't root sucker.
Deer around me do eat the pods, but still I hate those things.
At least around me. Heck they grow 2 to 3 feet in a bean field in one summer.
Honestly, I leave most of mine, cover is cover and I need all I can get.
If you want to get rid of them do a basil spray and let them die standing so they don't root sucker.
Deer around me do eat the pods, but still I hate those things.
yoderjac
5 year old buck +
David Osborn sells them. http://www.wildlifegrowers.com/Honey-Locust.html
You might see if he would sell you some scions and you could graft them... Just an option, not a recommendation one way or the other...
Thanks,
Jack
You might see if he would sell you some scions and you could graft them... Just an option, not a recommendation one way or the other...
Thanks,
Jack
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
I agree with Bill, they are a scourge. If you let light in they will be everywhere. Cut them and spray the stumps, little locusts will pop up for a couple years snip them off and spray them too.
They make great firewood and good fence posts, the tops make good brush piles, the thorns can flatten the tire of a tractor or go through a boot.
They make great firewood and good fence posts, the tops make good brush piles, the thorns can flatten the tire of a tractor or go through a boot.
Persimman
5 year old buck +
In my hunting areas, honey locust pods are a pow'rful late season deer attractant. Good food source for December-January. I have planted several, and take care of wild ones when I find them. However, these areas are totally wooded, so the trees don't spread. If you have fields nearby, the HL can become a weed tree. I cut hundreds of them from our sheep pasture when I was a teenager. (That was back before the turn of the century.)
Well I'm out here cutting down trees like a tornado today. The locusts have been eliminated along with about 40 medium to large elms. I'm opening up a whole area close to my little orchard to try to get some light to all these Chinese chestnuts and oaks I planted. I was going to do some caging today but I'm having so much fun with the Stihl I think I'll just keep cutting. Enjoying this 75 degree February day for sure.
Boll Weevil
5 year old buck +
Do a search here on locust and should you decide to get rid of them, don't take shortcuts...if they sprout they can turn into a nightmare. Paint the stumps now and check on them every so often. If you see sprouts, take care of them pronto.
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I'm not sure about where you're at but in western Oklahoma they are a downright pain in the @&&. I've spent many hours eradicating them and the just pop up elsewhere. Deer round here do nibble the pods a little. If they try to come back I would kill them with prejudice. Just my experience.
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