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horatio
horatio
9 years ago

Are these going to be planted in such a way as to not need a lot of watering? Like beside a swale or you have automatic watering hooked up to planting site. I ask because I would like to see how that is done by you.

Thanks

horatio
horatio
9 years ago

so if I were there you could give me a paper layout of the parts in the irrigation system? Something I could replicate where I live?

Richard Hauser
Richard Hauser
9 years ago
Reply to  horatio

Maybe you don’t have to irrigate if you just schedule more work weekends. 🙂
Best of luck next time.

deb
deb
9 years ago

These must be a different kind of locust tree than we have here in New England. Ours are the wickedest, invasive, impossible to eradicate, with huge thorns.

horatio
horatio
9 years ago
Reply to  deb

cut them down and burn as firewood, I think that is the plan for a lot of people who grow them.

Richard Hauser
Richard Hauser
9 years ago
Reply to  deb

I’m no expert, but…Huge thorns = Honey Locust, Small thorns = Black Locust. Both are nitrogen fixers, but Black is supposed to be better. Honey Locust has big edible pods and you can get thornless versions. The “Permaculture Orchard” guy uses thornless Honey Locusts as nitrogen fixers. Black Locust is also rot resistant and burns hotter.