Re: Osage Orange Trees
[Re: HobbieTrapper]
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williamsburg ks
danny clifton
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Around here its called hedge. Leave hedge ball outside all winter. Keep squirrels away they eat the seeds. Cattle will eat the whole thing. Early spring it will be mush. Just plant the seeds. Does not take anything special. A prolific tree.
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Re: Osage Orange Trees
[Re: HobbieTrapper]
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jalstat
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Anybody familiar with the process of seeds for planting? Success rate? Do not plant them they are all over Illinois
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Re: Osage Orange Trees
[Re: HobbieTrapper]
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danny clifton
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They dont all produce apples. Some are male some female. Takes 8 -10 years. I can just pick them up off county rooads. How many you want? Pay the shipping and I can send you some
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Osage Orange Trees
[Re: houndone]
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Yesterday at 10:06 AM
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Iowa
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Iowa
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Hedge apples is what they call them around here supposed to put them around the outside of your house to keep bugs out of your house.i have no idea if it works or not I know alot of people used to come to my grandfather's farm and get them every fall back in the 60 and 70s. That's an old wives tale but people still believe it. lol https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/all-about-hedge-applesThe use of hedge apples for insect control is one of the most enduring pest management home remedies (and myths!). Placement of hedge apples around the foundation or inside the basement is claimed to provide relief from cockroaches, spiders, boxelder bugs, crickets, and other pests.
The use of hedge apples as a pest solution is communicated as a folk tale complete with testimonials about apparent success. However, there is an absence of scientific research and therefore no valid evidence to confirm the claims of effectiveness. Research conducted at Iowa State University has demonstrated that chemicals extracted from the fruit can be repellant to tested insects (German cockroaches, mosquitoes, and houseflies). In addition, sliced hedge apples placed in enclosed, small spaces did repel insects. However, there is still no evidence that putting whole fruit around the house or in the basement will have any effect on insect pests. In large or open spaces there is so much air movement that whatever small amount of repellant chemical may be present will quickly dissipate. In addition, the chemicals may not be repellant to all insects or to non-insects like spiders, millipedes, and centipedes. It is not recommended to use hedge apples for pest control.
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Re: Osage Orange Trees
[Re: HobbieTrapper]
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Yesterday at 10:06 AM
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danny clifton
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PS I have gotten into plenty of spider webs coon hunting around hedge trees. Those big yellow garden spiders. Harmless but those webs get all over you.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Osage Orange Trees
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Yesterday at 10:38 AM
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HayDay
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Have lived around hedge / osage orange / bodark / bois d'arc for a long time. They do spread some in unmaintained pastures, but nothing at all like thorny locust trees. Those are 1,000X worse. They are not good for anything beyond firewood, unless you are in the biz of selling farm tractor tires.
If you want the living fence, plant them close together in a row, then when they are about chest high, run a shredder down the row to coppice them.
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