turnkey4099
Elite Member
Pictures like that are why I am now one tree less on me windbreak. I planted a whole row of thornless huney locust (shademaster is one species, there are others)20 odd years ago . Last summer I was mowing and saw that one of them had developed those thorns. Tree did not survive the day. Will be keeping a close eye on the rest of them.
I love Black Locust. Thorns (small ones) only on young wood. Still a nuisance and one has to be careful even using gloves when brusing one out. Great firewood, ranks right at the top of the lists, easy to split, doesn't rot so the best fencepost material going. Here the "Locust Borer" moved in about 10 years ago and is killing the BL off. Whole groves of dead/dying trees. Shame as they are an imported species and were planted by the original settlers. Only found in farmsteads and some windbreaks. I have havested around 40 plus cords in the past three years, all neatly stacked and waiting for my use when I can't run a saw anymore.
Harry K