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  • From: Keith D Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] thornless honey locust propagation
  • Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 22:41:48 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

I purchased seed for thornless honey locust from Lawyer Nursery and about
half of them eventually proved to yield thorny plants.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Lisa Rollens <rollens@fidnet.com>
>Sent: Apr 7, 2009 12:33 PM
>To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [permaculture] thornless honey locust propagation
>
>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@yahoo.com>
>To: <permaculture@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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