Subject: Re: [permaculture] toxicity of black locust
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:47:16 -0800 (PST)
I understand that the honey locust seeds are inedible. They are so hard that
they pass
right through the animal that eats the pod. I suppose that black locust
might be the
same?
--- dwoodard@becon.org wrote:
> Outside of toxicity, here in the Niagara peninsula near the northern limit
> of commercial peach growing, on sandy soil black locust is very invasive,
> spreading aggressively by seed and growing quickly.
>
> Some merits: it's good for fence posts and it's a good honey plant though
> I hear not every season. There is a cultiver "semperflorens" which was
> selected in Europe and flowers over six weeks which is supposed to be good
> for nectar.
>
> Black locust seeds are toxic. There are lots of them.
>
> Doug Woodard
> St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
>
> ********************************************
>
> > I have read some positive and negative stuff about black locust.
> >
> > > 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?
>
>
>
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