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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: luke the drifter on July 21, 2010, 07:53:43 pm

Title: osage sprouts
Post by: luke the drifter on July 21, 2010, 07:53:43 pm
i came upon some osage orange sprout that i am pretty sure are from the seed.  has anyone had any luck transplanting sprouts?  i am really anxious to try it out.  what about training them up to be straight?  just curious.  growth rate?
Title: Re: osage sprouts
Post by: Pat B on July 22, 2010, 12:33:59 am
If you are sure they are seedlings dig them with a large root ball so you don't disturb the roots at all and get them in the ground and watered in well ASAP. Have the area you plan to transplant them to ready before you dig.
Title: Re: osage sprouts
Post by: JW_Halverson on July 22, 2010, 12:38:01 am
I've read that there was a booming trade in osage seedlings prior to European contact.  Osage is not native in the Southeast, but apparently they were brought in and cultivated.  Talk about planning for generations!  How many of us are out there planting our great grandchildren's bowstaves?

Good luck with your transplant. 
Title: Re: osage sprouts
Post by: sailordad on July 22, 2010, 12:40:39 am
I've read that there was a booming trade in osage seedlings prior to European contact.  Osage is not native in the Southeast, but apparently they were brought in and cultivated.  Talk about planning for generations!  How many of us are out there planting our great grandchildren's bowstaves?

Good luck with your transplant. 

the wif and i are planning on buying a place in the country with a little land
and i plan o doing just such things
but not just trees for bow staves or ushes for arrows,but also fruit trees and shrubs/bushes etc
Title: Re: osage sprouts
Post by: luke the drifter on July 22, 2010, 12:55:02 pm
pat b.,

anywhere where there is not a septic line.  would you know the growth rate for these trees?