Author Topic: Osage seeds (Read 3815 times)

Badger · « **on:** May 24, 2010, 08:02:09 pm »

I bought 200 osage seeds on line for $20.00 I planted the first 100 seeds and got 72 sprouts, he promised me 93% I only got 72% should I sue him for $1.90 LOL. I was very happy actually. last time I planted some I only got as few from a handful of seeds. Maybe my grandkids will get to make a bow or two out of these. Now I just have to get my son to make me a grandson, I got one in the basket but not usre if it is a boy or a girl. Steve

n2huntn · « **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2010, 08:14:16 pm »

Girls like bows, mostly in their hair !!

Bows from seed might be great grandkids,
p.s. they're all great.

Pappy · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2010, 10:57:59 am »

Thats great,I need to do that,I have just about any kind of tree you can think of on my farm
except Osage.

Well I don't have any Yew either.

Pappy

Badger · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2010, 11:17:23 am »

I actually plan to plant a grove of them near a stream for someome to discover many years from now. The rest of them I will use for my bonsai trees. Hard to find vacant land in Los Angeles that soon won't be built on. Concrete jungle here. Steve

Mechslasher · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2010, 12:06:37 pm »

i've planted osage all over my farm. hoping one day in the years to come to make a bow out of at least one of them.

Pappy · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2010, 12:26:59 pm »

I am probably to old for that Chris ,but who knows how my place will carry on after I am gone,someone might want to build a bow.

I think I will try and find some seed somewhere.
Pappy

The Gopher · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2010, 03:33:58 pm »

i've started some osage, honey locust, black locust and kentucky coffee tree from seed this year, not exactly sure where i'll plant them but it is fun to watch them sprout and grow. i'm amazed at how fast the honey locust is growing.

Mechslasher · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2010, 04:08:11 pm »

pappy, under the right conditions, i've seen an osage tree reach 6" in less than 10 years. might be something to think about.

bootboy · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2010, 05:48:35 pm »

would they grow here in toronto ontario?

Badger · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2010, 06:02:56 pm »

Boot, I seldom here of them any further noth than southern wisconsin. Not sure if they would grow up there or not. Steve

Cacatch · « **Reply #10 on:** May 25, 2010, 06:05:25 pm »

Yep. Like Mechlasher said, hedge can grow pretty fast if it is growing in good conditions. I've got a small hedge tree that came up by itself about 6 years ago, and it's already got a couple limbs that are over an inch in diameter. The thing that can take hedge a lot of time though, is growing long enough to produce straighter limbs that are long enough. Don't be surprised if you, the kids, AND the grandkids end up reeping the benefits of your seeds. Heck, who knows, could be such a thing that 3 generations or more could get a bow all from the same tree as family heirlooms.

CP

Justin Snyder · « **Reply #11 on:** May 25, 2010, 06:19:17 pm »

You had pretty good percentages I think. I never had that good of odds when I planted osage seeds.

I have a couple of places in mind for planting trees, I would like to plant 50 - 100. When they are planted in sandy soil and watered frequently I have seen some get 5 inch diameter 5 foot tall trunks rather quickly. I figure I can at least start some osage sapling bows in a few years. If I harvest two per year and replant them, I will have a lifetime supply as will those who follow. The first couple of years it wont be many staves, but by the time they hit a 10 inch diameter it will offer at least 6-8 staves per year plus billets. I have seen some around here growing in yards where they had been groomed and you could have gotten a lot of straight staves from them.

Badger · « **Reply #12 on:** May 25, 2010, 06:22:45 pm »

Good point about sandy soil and regular water plus fertilizer, easily will triple the growth or even better.

majsnuff · « **Reply #13 on:** May 26, 2010, 08:16:25 am »

I think I am gonna buy some seedlings from one of the online suppliers and grow a couple of bows in my new yard.. I should be able to make a bow by the time I am 70

(sneaking up on 63 now.)

ahawi stick · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2010, 11:09:22 am »

I have planted nursery raised 2yr. old seedlings that are doing well , 100% survival rate. Early this spring I fertilized each tree individually with triple 17 about a month later, gave each tree a slow release fertilizer spike . Every tree is healthy with excellent growth. I started some seed collected from local osage last winter, most have sprouted and are doing well.

Primitive Archer