I tasted the first goumi from my 3yo shrub this summer (birds got most) - it was *TART*. More sour and less sweet than pie cherry.
But flavor wasn't bad... may be wonderful for jam. It's a close relative of autumn and russian olive (and silverberry), but I haven't heard goumi is invasive anywhere.
Seems to me I asked on list and was told that honey locusts are not actually nitrogen fixing - not enough root nodules, or something (if this list has an archive, you might check that). As I recall they
were N-neutral, so at least you get good fodder without depleting soil... Black locusts are nitrogen fixing.
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