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[Midtenn]

I usually mix it with locust, elm, or whatever else i have. Burns too hot by itself. Bodock....I prefer to spell it like I say it.

Let me ask this ...on the small trees I Dig up the stumps but the big ones I try to cut flush with the ground. Anybody got any tricks to keep them from sprouting back. Chaperel or pasture guard?

 

[Farm Fence Solutions]

Well if you didn't live so far away I'd give you my brothers number.

I think she's married.

 

[cowgirl8]

Well if you didn't live so far away I'd give you my brothers number.

I think she's married.

LOL....yeah. I think he does counter tops....lol

 

[D2Cat]

I usually mix it with locust, elm, or whatever else i have. Burns too hot by itself. Bodock....I prefer to spell it like I say it.

Let me ask this ...on the small trees I Dig up the stumps but the big ones I try to cut flush with the ground. Anybody got any tricks to keep them from sprouting back. Chaperel or pasture guard?

I've always mixed Tordon and Remedy. I know a neighbor mixes 1 gal of diesel with 1 cup of Remedy.

 

[ez14.]

Well if you didn't live so far away I'd give you my brothers number.

I think she's married.

LOL....yeah. I think he does counter tops....lol

Oh boy :lol:

Yeah he does countertops! :lol:

 

[farmerjan]

I am going to ask a real dumb question. What is bodock? is it a local name for a type of tree? I cannot seem to associate it with any tree we have here in Va or that I was used to up north in Ct or Vt.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

I am going to ask a real dumb question. What is bodock? is it a local name for a type of tree? I cannot seem to associate it with any tree we have here in Va or that I was used to up north in Ct or Vt.

Jan, we don't have Bois d'ark trees here in Va. They are not in Vt or Ct either.

 

[farmerjan]

Thank you, I will have to google them to see what they look like just for curiosity. How are you feeling? Getting over the flu? The warmer temps have made it alot better for everything although the ground is a bit slick where the sun had thawed it Only hauling water to the one place I have been hauling to since last fall. Good thing as farms have been wanting to test cows since the temps aren't frigid and everything isn't frozen solid.

 

[ohiosteve]

I am going to ask a real dumb question. What is bodock? is it a local name for a type of tree? I cannot seem to associate it with any tree we have here in Va or that I was used to up north in Ct or Vt.

Jan, we don't have Bois d'ark trees here in Va. They are not in Vt or Ct either.

Around here we call them Osage orange trees. Some call them hedge apples. They are the best firewood on Earth. Tough on a chain saw but surprisingly easy to split.

 

[kenny thomas]

Garlon/diesel mixed and sprayed on the stump after cutting should do great.

 

[Chocolate Cow]

Hedge trees. They were planted here for wind breaks and boundary fences before wire fence. Now, wire fences are tied to hedge posts. You can drive a staple into the post when it's green but once it's cured it can't be done.
http://dyckarboretum.org/osage-orange-a ... ing-fence/

 

[D2Cat]

To plant a hedge row for fencing or windbreaks, farmers would gather the hedge apples and soak them in barrels of water over the winter. In the Spring, plow a furrow where they wanted the row and then dump the slurry in the ditch.

 

[bball]

To plant a hedge row for fencing or windbreaks, farmers would gather the hedge apples and soak them in barrels of water over the winter. In the Spring, plow a furrow where they wanted the row and then dump the slurry in the ditch.

How fast do they grow?

 

[cowgirl8]

To plant a hedge row for fencing or windbreaks, farmers would gather the hedge apples and soak them in barrels of water over the winter. In the Spring, plow a furrow where they wanted the row and then dump the slurry in the ditch.

How fast do they grow?

Slow. There are some fences that were built when this land was settled out of boise d arc post that are still in the gound. Last forever. People use them for foundation blocks for houses.. The trees are kind of a pain in the backside, they get thorns and also drop bowling ball sized horse apples..
There is one down the road that use to be one of the biggest in texas. One of our places has them all over it. The wood is bright yellow, very pretty and interesting grains.. We've made several things out of it... We oiled this hearth, so it darkened. It started out bright neon yellow and looked weird, so looks better dark.

 

[slick4591]

We also call them horse apple trees, but don't know why. I've never seen a horse eat one, but I have a heifer that will bite one occasionally. When I had sows they kept them cleaned up and I've cut them in half and thrown them under the house as insect repellent. I've never seen one a large as a bowling ball tho. Ours are about softball size.

 

[Bright Raven]

We also call them horse apple trees, but don't know why. I've never seen a horse eat one, but I have a heifer that will bite one occasionally. When I had sows they kept them cleaned up and I've cut them in half and thrown them under the house as insect repellent. I've never seen one a large as a bowling ball tho. Ours are about softball size.

They are called hedge apples in Kentucky. Lots of people cut them in half and throw them in the crawl space under their house.

 

[cowgirl8]

You don't want to sit under one when they are dropping their apples...lol

 

[ez14.]

To plant a hedge row for fencing or windbreaks, farmers would gather the hedge apples and soak them in barrels of water over the winter. In the Spring, plow a furrow where they wanted the row and then dump the slurry in the ditch.

How fast do they grow?

Slow. There are some fences that were built when this land was settled out of boise d arc post that are still in the gound. Last forever. People use them for foundation blocks for houses.. The trees are kind of a pain in the backside, they get thorns and also drop bowling ball sized horse apples..
There is one down the road that use to be one of the biggest in texas. One of our places has them all over it. The wood is bright yellow, very pretty and interesting grains.. We've made several things out of it... We oiled this hearth, so it darkened. It started out bright neon yellow and looked weird, so looks better dark.

a wooden hearth? Doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose?

 

[D2Cat]

We also call them horse apple trees, but don't know why. I've never seen a horse eat one, but I have a heifer that will bite one occasionally. When I had sows they kept them cleaned up and I've cut them in half and thrown them under the house as insect repellent. I've never seen one a large as a bowling ball tho. Ours are about softball size.

They are called hedge apples in Kentucky. Lots of people cut them in half and throw them in the crawl space under their house.

There's "wives tales" that the seeds or smell of the seeds drives bugs away. Supposedly, that's why they are put in closets, crawl spaces, etc.

 

[slick4591]

I can't say if the repellent idea was the actual reason, but my experience is I would do it again under the same conditions. At the time I was living in a mobile home when scorpions showed up. I was told to try the apple idea and I did as we had an abundance of them. Took 2 or 3 weeks and we stopped seeing them.