firefighterjake said:Never seen osage orange or red mulberry in Central Maine (Waterville/Bangor/Belfast area) . . . but you will find black locust grows quite well . . . I often see this beside streams. Where in Maine do you live?
firefighterjake said:Never seen osage orange or red mulberry in Central Maine (Waterville/Bangor/Belfast area) . . . but you will find black locust grows quite well . . . I often see this beside streams. Where in Maine do you live?
jpl1nh said:Lots of native black locust all the way up through the mid coast. You probably could grow Osage orange up through mid coast and possibly red mulberry but neither are big trees, they'd be ornamentals, and that wouldn't make much sense for firewood, especially when you have yellow birch, sugar maple, hickory, red oak, and black locust readily available, (not to mention ash, apple, cherry, etc) so why worry about those outsiders? Also, once you get inland, you'd be hard pressed to grow Osage orange and red mulberry.
Rex said:jpl1nh said:Lots of native black locust all the way up through the mid coast. You probably could grow Osage orange up through mid coast and possibly red mulberry but neither are big trees, they'd be ornamentals, and that wouldn't make much sense for firewood, especially when you have yellow birch, sugar maple, hickory, red oak, and black locust readily available, (not to mention ash, apple, cherry, etc) so why worry about those outsiders? Also, once you get inland, you'd be hard pressed to grow Osage orange and red mulberry.
I wouldn't want them for fire wood. Black Locust and the others are listed as better then cedar for fence/grape trellis posts. I was wondering if I could find and cut up some instead of cedar since they last longer as fence or trellis posts. I was also thinking about making a living fence out of Osage orange or Honey Locust.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/modern-homesteading/living-fences-z10m0sto.aspx