I found a practical use for honey locust!

Hello all,

So this is an extension of my noisy neighbors thread.  I right now have two honey locust trees that I have absolutely no plans for removal.  These are located right along the edge of my neighbor’s driveway, a driveway which I actually own as it is part of an easement on my property.

When I did my mowing this fall, I intentionally left these two 4’ tall trees survive the bush hog as I was getting pretty annoyed by my neighbor who was racing his 4 wheeler up and down the driveway and driving into my property.  The nasty, wicked thorns are blocking his access.

But the kid still races his 4 wheeler up and down the driveway and now drives it out onto the road.  Each time he does so he edges a little further off the actual driveway and on to my property a little bit more.  It is a shame really, as the previous owners had a hundreds foot long row of daffodils that bordered that side of the driveway.  I am pretty certain that those daffodils are ruined by now, destroyed by the constant abrasion and compaction of the 4 wheeler.  

I might actually plant a couple more honey locust trees along the side of the driveway to deter further incursion.  So as a question to anyone reading this post, does anyone know if honey locust will grow by sticking a cutting into the ground?

Thanks in advance, and thanks for letting me vent!

Eric

Eric Hanson wrote:Hello all,

So this is an extension of my noisy neighbors thread.  I right now have two honey locust trees that I have absolutely no plans for removal.  These are located right along the edge of my neighbor’s driveway, a driveway which I actually own as it is part of an easement on my property.

When I did my mowing this fall, I intentionally left these two 4’ tall trees survive the bush hog as I was getting pretty annoyed by my neighbor who was racing his 4 wheeler up and down the driveway and driving into my property.  The nasty, wicked thorns are blocking his access.

But the kid still races his 4 wheeler up and down the driveway and now drives it out onto the road.  Each time he does so he edges a little further off the actual driveway and on to my property a little bit more.  It is a shame really, as the previous owners had a hundreds foot long row of daffodils that bordered that side of the driveway.  I am pretty certain that those daffodils are ruined by now, destroyed by the constant abrasion and compaction of the 4 wheeler.  

I might actually plant a couple more honey locust trees along the side of the driveway to deter further incursion.  So as a question to anyone reading this post, does anyone know if honey locust will grow by sticking a cutting into the ground?

Thanks in advance, and thanks for letting me vent!

Eric

I don't know about cuttings with honey locust but they grow super easily from seed. Maybe start some from seed while trying the cuttings.

They grow readily from cuttings in composted wood chips and make aggressive roots the first year in my experience. I also highly recommend non thornless Che berry they have spikes that make honey locusts look like pikers. I can send you cuttings they root the same way about 25% success for me.

TJ,

Composted chips I have.  I will give them a try.  If that doesn’t do the trick, I might well take you up on your offer.

Thanks, and I really mean that.

Eric

They also sucker extremely easily from disturbed roots. We laid a buried irrigation pipe 20ft from one through our garden/meadow. In the following spring we had a perfect line of suckers spaced about 1ft apart on average where the trench passed through the root zone.

Michael,

I will keep that in mind.

Eric