Hedge apples too!
My deepest apologies, Dennis.
Actually hedge apples, Osage Orange, Bois Darc are the same tree and the deer love them for browse. Its not a bad thing.
I sincerely dislike all locust tree varieties whether deer like them or not. Those thorns suck!Actually hedge apples, Osage Orange, Bois Darc are the same tree and the deer love them for browse. Its not a bad thing.
At least the thorns on the Hedge trees are small. I got one of the honey locust tree thorns under the knee cap one time when swinging on a quail. Didn't realize it until a week later when it got infected and had to go in for surgery to remove it. The barbs on those only allow them to work in, not out. I knew something happened when it went in, but didn't realize that I'd been punctured. The thrill of the hunt or something I guess. LOL
They are in the bucket and will be deployed!
Ouch! I always worry about that and my ATV tires. Evil trees.
We have "girdlers" at one of the farms. Its a caterpillar that works its way around the tips of the trees eating the bark and the wood. When they get to the center, the limb drops off with it's 2" thorns. Spraying is the only way to get rid of them but the trees are 70' tall. I don't have a way to spray that high. Airplane spraying? Maybe. Need to do some more research on them.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/twig-girdler-control.htm
I typically walk the edges of the fields before harvest to pitch out the limbs.
I really need to burn my place in the spring. I’m getting over run with tamaracks, cedars, and locusts. The state or NRCS used to have a cost share program for getting rid of cedars, but I haven’t found anything online that indicates they still do.
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