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Locust fence posts - Foggy - 02-01-2017
Take bark off or leave it on?
RE: Locust fence posts - jamesglenn - 02-01-2017
It will fall off by itself after a year or two, but it will not effect the wood. One reason it is used for fence posts.
RE: Locust fence posts - Foggy - 02-01-2017
Will it try to grow with the bark on it? I sure don't need more locust trees.
RE: Locust fence posts - Stwood_ - 02-01-2017
It may sprout some leaves, but won't last long. I cut several dozen of those some years back and used them for a horse corral. Cut when the sap was up. After a couple of weeks in the ground, they tried sprouting limbs/leaves and the top sides. They died out fairly quick.
RE: Locust fence posts - JosephP - 02-01-2017
Yeah...the possibility of sprouting roots is VERY slim. It could happen, but I can't imagine those becoming viable root systems.
RE: Locust fence posts - TomFromStLouis - 02-07-2017
Isn't that one of the reasons they should be inverted? You know, top of the tree in the ground?
RE: Locust fence posts - Bill Bob - 02-11-2017
They will not "grow." It will not matter which end you put into the ground. Here on the farm there are some locust posts that were set by some previous owner well before I came on scene. I have set new post with a driver 36 inches or more down and the old posts are as rigid as the new. Neighbors say they were set about 60 years ago FTW.
Bill
RE: Locust fence posts - daddo - 02-11-2017
(02-07-2017, 08:40 PM)TomFromStLouis Wrote: Isn't that one of the reasons they should be inverted? You know, top of the tree in the ground?
But then the roots would be exposed and you'd have branches growing in the ground- not a good idea.
RE: Locust fence posts - Foggy - 02-13-2017
(02-11-2017, 03:07 PM)daddo Wrote: But then the roots would be exposed and you'd have branches growing in the ground- not a good idea.
Then as they grow they would grow deeper rather than taller. More stable that way.
