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treevet · 14th January 2008, 04:13 PM

I agree with taking off thorns on way up or prior as much as poss with pole saw. I ve removed and pruned many honey locusts (native). They tend to have clumps as in the picture and they usually do not cover the tree from top to bottom and side to side thank God. I ve cut a number of them down as they were giving HO flat tires. Thorns season and seem to petrify. They also seem to have some irritating substance as youmentioned. They re not quite as scary as the picture might suggest I don t think as you are real careful. I remember a guy having one go clear through the palm of his hand and out the other side though.

14th January 2008, 04:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
treevet Veteran Heritage Status Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Posts: 1,513	Re: Tough tree! I agree with taking off thorns on way up or prior as much as poss with pole saw. I ve removed and pruned many honey locusts (native). They tend to have clumps as in the picture and they usually do not cover the tree from top to bottom and side to side thank God. I ve cut a number of them down as they were giving HO flat tires. Thorns season and seem to petrify. They also seem to have some irritating substance as youmentioned. They re not quite as scary as the picture might suggest I don t think as you are real careful. I remember a guy having one go clear through the palm of his hand and out the other side though.