Does Osage Orange grow near YOU?

[wood-fan-atic]

The Holy Grail of firewood. I have never seen any here on Long Island - it seems to be more prevalent in the mid-west. Does it grow anywhere else?

At least there is no shortage of black locust here.

 

[Jags]

Being from the Midwest - yeah, we gotz lotz of monkey brain trees. Seems to grow in any fence line that is not cleared.

 

[Constrictor]

grows all over the place here in missouri, great wood but usually has tons of limbs to deal with.

 

[lukem]

Grows like a weed around here...mostly in fencelines.

My neighbor has 100 acres. Years ago he girdled all the hedge that was/is deep in his woods. Most is still standing...dead and hard as a rock...and I have permission to cut all I want. Since they grew in the canopy most are pretty straight and have comparatively few branches compared to your fenceline variety.

 

[wood-fan-atic]

Grows like a weed around here...mostly in fencelines.

My neighbor has 100 acres. Years ago he girdled all the hedge that was/is deep in his woods. Most is still standing...dead and hard as a rock...and I have permission to cut all I want. Since they grew in the canopy most are pretty straight and have comparatively few branches compared to your fenceline variety.

Wow...a blaze king KING, and all the osage you can cut....hmmmm. Nope...that does NOT suck. ;-P

 

[lukem]

Grows like a weed around here...mostly in fencelines.

My neighbor has 100 acres. Years ago he girdled all the hedge that was/is deep in his woods. Most is still standing...dead and hard as a rock...and I have permission to cut all I want. Since they grew in the canopy most are pretty straight and have comparatively few branches compared to your fenceline variety.

Wow...a blaze king KING, and all the osage you can cut....hmmmm. Nope...that does NOT suck. ;-P

Sure doesn't suck.

 

[Jags]

Grows like a weed around here...mostly in fencelines.

My neighbor has 100 acres. Years ago he girdled all the hedge that was/is deep in his woods. Most is still standing...dead and hard as a rock...and I have permission to cut all I want. Since they grew in the canopy most are pretty straight and have comparatively few branches compared to your fenceline variety.

Wow...a blaze king KING, and all the osage you can cut....hmmmm. Nope...that does NOT suck. ;-P

Sure doesn't suck.

Not hardly at all.

 

[TreePointer]

I'm in western PA, almost on the Ohio line, and I've never seen it here.

 

[blujacket]

There are some here in Southwestern Ohio. I haven't had the pleasure of burning any though.

 

[Nixon]

The Holy Grail of firewood. I have never seen any here on Long Island - it seems to be more prevalent in the mid-west. Does it grow anywhere else?

I've planted about 40 in the last few years ( still have another 10 to plant this year) It does well in My soil ,which is poor at best .It and the locust seem to be doing very well here . I'm 63 ,so I won't reap the benefits of the planting , but hopefully someone will appreciate the effort on a cold January night !

 

[smokinj]

Lots of it around here but the big thing it takes a lot of cutting to make a cord! (I will take black locust over hedge)

 

[thewoodlands]

The Holy Grail of firewood. I have never seen any here on Long Island - it seems to be more prevalent in the mid-west. Does it grow anywhere else?

At least there is no shortage of black locust here.

I've never seen any up north in our area just that softwood called beech and sugar maple! :cheese:

Looks like we'll let the Liberty chew through a few splits tonight.


zap

 

[CodyWayne718]

Grows like weeds here too. Where about you at in IN lukem? Smokin made a good point, it is a PITA to get any amount out of it. Unless its the one growing in my FILs front yard, thing is massive.

 

[Shadow&Flame]

We have it here, but I have never burned any of it. Don't know why really...just too many other types of wood to get. Will have to look around the property and see if there is a damaged one I could give a try. I try not to cut a healthy tree...

 

[Adios Pantalones]

Only the few that I planted, and they are growing slooowwlly

 

[jatoxico]

Happy Friday everyone! It's happy hour here.

Couple of words and phrases my east coast ears are not familiar with in this post.

What is meant by fencelines? Areas cut to put in fencing between properties that scrub grows back into? Otherwise why does osage grow there?

Girdling? Did I spell that right? What is that?

Anyone have a pic of osage (same as hedge?)?

 

[wood-fan-atic]

Girdling is when you remove a band of bark around the tree so as to starve the roots (and kill the tree). Here is a pic of the fruit (monkey brain) and the tree.

 

[jatoxico]

Girdling is when you remove a band of bark around the tree so as to starve the roots (and kill the tree).

OK, now that you say it I guess I've heard of that.

 

[tfdchief]

Hedge, Osage Orange is found in much of North America.

 

[krex1010]

I live in southeast pa and I see hedge occasionally , but i wouldn't say it's common. Never come across any in my firewood collecting.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

None around here.

Anyone have paw paw trees?

 

[shawneyboy]

Not common in NE PA but, it is an occasional here and there type of thing.

Shawn

 

[chvymn99]

Happy Friday everyone! It's happy hour here.

Couple of words and phrases my east coast ears are not familiar with in this post.

What is meant by fencelines? Areas cut to put in fencing between properties that scrub grows back into? Otherwise why does osage grow there?

Well, Hedge rows grow very thick and dense, most of the times they are impassible. Farmers used these trees commonly as divisional lines on the property border.

 

[weatherguy]

Any of you guys ever eat the fruit?

 

[tfdchief]

Happy Friday everyone! It's happy hour here.

Couple of words and phrases my east coast ears are not familiar with in this post.

What is meant by fencelines? Areas cut to put in fencing between properties that scrub grows back into? Otherwise why does osage grow there?

Well, Hedge rows grow very thick and dense, most of the times they are impassible. Farmers used these trees commonly as divisional lines on the property border.

Yes, so thick and dense that they could keep livestock in. No fence needed.