Do you consider Honey Locust to be "weed trees"?
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Do you consider Honey Locust to be "weed trees"?
I had a honey locust tree cut down and there is another one on the property. I was reading about them and they are supposed to have spikes. Our didn't, which means it's a hybrid right? If that's the case that means someone planted it? All this time I thought these trees were just here and the houses were built around them (cutting down the necessary ones)
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Re: Do you consider Honey Locust to be "weed trees"?
I don't know for sure but I always thought black locust had spikes but honey did not.john5246 wrote: ↑October 6th, 2018, 10:26 pmI had a honey locust tree cut down and there is another one on the property. I was reading about them and they are supposed to have spikes. Our didn't, which means it's a hybrid right? If that's the case that means someone planted it? All this time I thought these trees were just here and the houses were built around them (cutting down the necessary ones)
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Re: Do you consider Honey Locust to be "weed trees"?
My parents have a probably 60 year old Honey Locust in their front yard. It's also the hybrid thorn-less variety. I think it's a beautiful tree. It is messy in the fall when it drops the long flat seed pod things, but we always just buzzed them up with the lawn mower and by spring they had long decomposed. Makes for good mulch / soil amendment. And for that matter, never had to rake leaves under that tree, since they are so small they just compost right in.
Point being, I think they are far from a weed tree. All trees have their pros and cons. In fact, my current suburban neighborhood has some hybrid of the Honey Locust fairly commonly used as a street tree. It does not have the thorns or even the large seed pods.
For further reading... https://hvp.osu.edu/pocketgardener/sour ... nthos.html
Now a black locust, that's another story. I wouldn't hesitate to get rid of one of those if in my yard. They are aggressive spreading, invasive, and messy trees.
Point being, I think they are far from a weed tree. All trees have their pros and cons. In fact, my current suburban neighborhood has some hybrid of the Honey Locust fairly commonly used as a street tree. It does not have the thorns or even the large seed pods.
For further reading... https://hvp.osu.edu/pocketgardener/sour ... nthos.html
Now a black locust, that's another story. I wouldn't hesitate to get rid of one of those if in my yard. They are aggressive spreading, invasive, and messy trees.
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