How to germinate osage orange
chammond
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Comments (6)Hi ricjo If you cut the apples while their still green, it is a sticky mess but then soak the seeds in a bowl of water, remove them after a day or so, make sure all pulp is cleaned off seed, rub them between a paper towel, then throw them in a ziplock baggy without any soil and they will germinate in the spring. At least this has worked for me. Steve...See MoreOsage Orange near me
Comments (17)Don't worry Dax, I make mistakes of memory all the time. I also try and post about my mistakes as you have also, if I remember screwing up, nobody is perfect. I had read that the OO is native to Texas. The Osage indians used the tree or it's "fruit" in some fashion, and they were a Texas "indeginous" tribe. I screwed up, I remembered that OO I took pics of as growing into that tractor shelter in the background, and it is quite a distance from that tractor shelter....See MoreOsage Orange
Comments (10)Hedge. The oranges are used for decorative knick knacks. They wont readily degrade unless you bust them open. But then you better make sure the seeds fully decompose in your pile because they are a suckering tree that would be hard to get rid of organically... the wood is very hard, burns real hot, sometimes too hot... It was planted commonly as a natural fence line before barb wire became popular, so its not uncommon to find remnants of the old hedges along fields in ag areas....See Moreremoval of osage orange in Illinois
Comments (25)Let me first say, I love these trees. Yes, they use to be abundant when the area was primarily agricultural. Now with the spreading suburbia, they are quickly disappearing. In part I'm at fault because I cut down a 1/2 mile hedgerow that was slated to for a new subdivision. One tree was over 4' wide. If you're going to use it for firewood, split it as soon as you cut it and never use it in a fireplace. Actually it can burn too hot even for an unlined cast iron stove. Dangerous wood to burn as it is a "sparkling" wood that will spit out embers. LOTS of ash but NOTHING burns as long or as hot other than coal itself. Many bird varieties were in the hedgerow including blue birds, indigo buntings, cardinals, hawks, owls, and even raccoons, possum, but never saw a squirrel! Hedge rows should be protected! They are an amazing wildlife habitant. Sorry to have cut this one down but otherwise they would have bulldozed it and just burnt it in the field. Remarkable wood. Peal off the bark and it will last 100yrs. Farmers made fence posting out of it. Not a great wood to work with as far as furniture or the like. Extremely hard after drying. I've cut old fence posts and had sparks flying while cutting. Full chisel chain works best for cutting this wood when green....See Morealbert_135 39.17°N 119.76°W 4695ft.
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