[permaculture] thornless honey locust propagation

Lisa Rollens rollens at fidnet.com
Tue Apr 7 12:33:40 EDT 2009


Hey John!

I think that thornless honey locust do not breed true.  I also am interested 
in them and gather and feed the pods, primarily to my Jersey cow.  My 
thoughts, thinking about planting some for fodder use, on a small acreage, 
is to just go up on the hill where they seed into the pasture and dig up the 
thornless ones and transplant.  I know they will transplant because I dug 
some up and heeled them in my garden for later transplanting.  they grew 
well in the garden!  They seed into the pastures all over here, and probably 
there as well.  Easy to tell thorny from thornless.

Lisa, in the MO Ozarks


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Fritz" <johnfritz77 at yahoo.com>
To: <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:16 AM
Subject: [permaculture] thornless honey locust propagation





I have some thornless honey locut seed in stratification after having 
scarified them, only to come across some information that these trees can 
revert back to a thorn producing variety in their seed. I am interested in 
these trees for sentimental reasons...a specimen was the biggest, most shade 
producing tree in my childhood Chicago backyard. But also, I am interested 
in the tree as a fodder and fuel crop. They produce seed pods and branches 
that goats will eat, and also can be used as a coppice species.

My question: Does anyone have any experience with this species, in 
particular its' potential to revert back to a thorn bearing variety in its' 
seed?

John Fritz, NW Arkansas.



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