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.
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.
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).
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?
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/
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???
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!
The most difficult part is holding them still in the drill press (currantly using pliers to hold them) Any easier way?
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).