Fence posts don't usually sucker (unless you use Willow!) at least in my mud-
perhaps your land is more bio-active than mine. If you were advising to use LIVE
Locust trees as fence posts, then be sure to get the variety Gleditsia
Triacanthos Inerma- the 3rd name literally means unarmed or thornless.
dsc17@cornell.edu on 06/24/99 09:07:02 AM
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Subject: Re: Fencing: alternatives to treated
lumber(caution)
As to the discussion of black locust as fence posts, I too have found them quite
rot-resistant. A problem I've seen (with some locusts) is that they are
invasive. As a teenager, I spent 2 whole summers digging locust suckers out of a
neighbors yard. Once you cut down the main tree the roots send up
(thorny!)suckers all over the place. (I shouldn't complain though..it gave me
steady employment for quite a while.)
Just somehting to consider. I forget if the offending tree was a honey locust or
black locust. Has anyone else encountered this?
Hope everyone is having a good summer
DC
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