OSAGE ORANGE TREES

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re5671

re5671

In the Brooder
7 Years
Aug 9, 2012
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are osage orange trees safe to plant around the coop? I have muscovys and plan to get other ducks and maybe a peahen.

I read that these trees are great to use as a barrier and ppl use to use them as a fence to keep their farm animals in and others out.

(Plus you can sell the monkey brains in the fall...ppl really believe the rid an area of spiders....I say so do guiena's!)

THanks
ANnaP
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I am growing some up from seeds to use as cover for free-ranging flocks. They will be used only during warmer months. They will provide refuge from hawks that give dog more time to get over and get into hawk. They will grow into trees unless pruned to keep them in bush mode which is better as cover.
 
I acquired seed from fruit of local trees. They are native here. Fruit were allowed to rot in bucket over winter. Then I mucked through the mess to get seeds out. Germination was very high. Seedlings are now about 1 foot tall and will be transplanted into row. Treat them like tomatos and remove stragglers.
 
Aren't these called monkey balls? My kids school has these trees. Someone bought them for 25 cents per ball. I would grab a few of the ones run over in the parking lot. Very sticky. I just threw them in my yard. People use them to keep ants away around the home.
 
We have a bunch of Osage Orange around here in all sizes, they were planted as hedge rows along fence lines by farmers at one time. I hate the things. The thorns are terrible, you have to be careful walking around them in tennis shoes etc since they will go right though the soles and and they will flatten lawn mower tires, they are hard to trim or work around because of the thorns. The fruit in the fall are a nuisance, nothing like thousands of softball sized hard green lumpy things laying around the yard. And trust me, you don't want to be anywhere under the trees when they start falling. They don't self seed that well thank god. Some people call them Monkey Ball trees, though around here that is what you usually hear Sweet Gums called, Sweet Gums have those small round spikey seed pods that are 1-2" across, don't want to walk around them barefoot either.
 

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