In selecting the trees I'll be planting in a few months, I've been been
favoring honey
locust over black locust. I thought that they were equal in their nitrogen
fixing
capacity and while I have yet to read something suggesting any toxicity with
honey
locust, I have read some positive and negative stuff about black locust.
Now that I have learned that honey locust does not enrich the surrounding
soil as much as
black locust, I'm thinking I need to re-evaluate this decision.
I know that the bark and wood of black locust is toxic, but I suppose that
that would
almost never be a problem with grazing animals. I would guess that even
goats would not
care for the taste. In fact, maybe I won't have to cage a black locust
seedling?
Anybody know about toxicity issues in the leaves and the pods?
Re: [permaculture] nitrogen fixing trees/shrubs that feed livestock
, (continued)