Honey Locust seeds

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  1. Rick Larson

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    I found a tree this morning and pulled into the parking lot littered with its dried pods. Grabbed a few handfuls for discovery, but couldn't help to have popped a few seeds in my mouth. It took about 15 minutes for the seed to soften up enough to chew. Taste is actually smooth.

    So now am wondering if I will soon get sick and die or something, and if not, then I will learn how to sprout them.
     
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    My tongue feels roughed up!
     
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    Are you still alive?
     
  4. Rick Larson

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    Yep. I expect to make the trip. Now I will try to sprout them! Do think I have to soak them in hot water until they swell. I have to go back and watch some video because there was a certain temperature required. Unless one of you experienced Permaculturalists have this specific knowledge and are willing to share. :)
     
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    I think Andrew is the honey locust guru round these parts...
     
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    Honey locust seeds need to be scarified (I think it emulates the seed going through a bird's gizzard?).
    We sprouted hundreds of them by first boiling water, then taking the water off the heat source and tossing the seeds in. Then they were left to soak for 24 hours while the water cooled. Finally they were put into pots with soil ... almost all of them came up! We have a LOT of honey locust seedlings overwintering in the greenhouse (along with black locust and siberian pea shrub, which were scarified the same way).
     
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    Or you could eat a bunch and scatter some humanure around!
     
  8. Rick Larson

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    Thank you!

    Eco, I think I'll go plant some seed on the front lawn of city hall.
     
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    So here is my next question. I've read some think Honey Locusts don't create a nitorgen nodule on their roots. So are they nitrogen fixers?
     
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    There seems to be debate on this ... we're choosing to think that it does fix nitrogen, although maybe not with the traditional root nodules.

    https://tcpermaculture.com/site/2013/08/01/permaculture-plants-honey-locust/
     
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    There is no city hall that cannot be improved by the application of humanure. IMHO.
     
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    I would be thrown in the huscow!
     
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    the grass is always greener under honey locusts!! Though not as green or shortly clipped as the black locust

    I ve noticed when cooking up the seeds/pods that they begin fermenting easily anyone got a good recepie???
     
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    I just made a neclace out of HL seeds
    leather thong
    it looks HOT
    must make some more
     
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    You could sell them on line!
     
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    Do you recon they would be legal in QLD?Not that i really care Homosexuality was illegal in QLD not so long ago(im sure 8)OMG could get them across the border)
    They have a hole drilled in them!
     
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    The most difficult part is holding them still in the drill press (currantly using pliers to hold them)
    Any easier way?
     
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    Hi, I just joined the forums, this is the first thread I have read, and I am a bit alarmed. Alarmed because there are a number of trees that might be called 'honey locusts', they can be quite similar in appearance, but unless you have a 100% sure identification, it is very risky to just pop some seeds in your mouth. Please be sure of plant IDs! We need all the permies we can get. (Although I see by the date that you won't get any value from this answer, but maybe some other new reader will).
     
  19. Rick Larson

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    Ok!

    Now you need to teach me to identify them.:)
     
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    They are a Class 1 species and you need a permit to bring them into Queensland.
     

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