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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #30 on: January 10, 2019, 02:25:14 pm »
Osage heartwood will dye the water yellow.  Mulberry, black locust and honey locust will not.  Black locust will glow under a black light
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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« Reply #31 on: January 10, 2019, 02:28:57 pm »
I'm going with Aaron on this one. That's locust if I've ever seen it. Wish I could be there cause I can tell osage right away by the smell. Nothing smells like osage.
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #32 on: January 10, 2019, 02:55:24 pm »
This really doesn't have a smell, so it's looking like locust is in the lead. Would the yellow coloration point toward honey locust?
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Offline IrishJay

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Re: Osage Sapling
« Reply #33 on: January 10, 2019, 03:30:31 pm »
Whatever it is its junk. I just looked in on it and it has already developed several checks and splits in bad places  >:(
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Offline Bayou Ben

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« Reply #34 on: January 10, 2019, 03:59:03 pm »
Yeah that can happen.  I see people get away with not sealing the backs, but every time I tried it checks developed.  So I now seal the ends right after cutting and the backs as soon as I strip the bark.  You want the moisture to escape from the sides of a split stave where cracks/checks won't develop. 
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Offline bradsmith2010

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« Reply #35 on: January 10, 2019, 04:18:31 pm »
just seal it and try it anyway,, Im sure the cracks are running with the grain,,
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