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  • From: tanis cuff <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
  • To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Treated stakes/ locust
  • Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:03:56 +0000



I have many years of using & observing black-locust tree wood for in-ground
use. Trunks (even when split) for posts last longer than any other wood
here. But small trunks or saplings, and stake diameter branches, rot faster
than you'd think a rot-resistant wood should. But the cut plants regrow so
fast, you just replace the stakes. Zero toxicity as far as I know, except
avoid the thorns in the growing season. If labor is a major issue, know
purchased treated posts may last longer than small diameter locust.

tc, sWI, where black locust grows better than anything else


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> Treated lumber is treated with very toxic chemicals. The older type was
> treated with stuff that isn't allowed now, so the new kind is supposedly
> safer, but they'll probably declare the new kind unsafe at some point too,
> We decided to use black locust wood instead for our fence and stakes and
> stuff, as it's naturally rot-resistant. There's a lumberyard here in
> central NY that has very reasonable prices on it, but it took a lot of
> calling around to various lumberyards to find it....
>
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