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Saturday, April 16, 2022
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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Black locust is the densest American hardwood. Its also incredibly rot resistant.
This black locust post has been in the ground four years... it helped hold up Annas 5.01 tomato. I cut just a half inch off the bottom to show that its still like brand new, despite being in the garden with water, dirt and fertilizer all summer long, which is the highly destructive triple combo for most wood. I would say its as good as the best treated wood.
Not sure why this tree isnt grown commercially. It makes a nice honey and might regenerate as fast as Eucalyptus if it was coppiced. As a legume, it would probably would grow fine on nitrogen depleted soil.
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