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brian:
I have some woods behind my house I have been looking to plant some new trees in.  I remembered that there is an Osage Orange tree near my office - I see the fruit all over the road ever year -  so I was reading up on it.  Sounds like an interesting tree, wood could be useful.  Anybody try growing it?  I just collected a half dozen fruits from the road to harvest seeds from.

I realize the fruit isn't edible, looks neat though.  Might be fun to play baseball with :-p

SeaWalnut:
It is verry usefull to graft che fruit tree on it.
Those are expensive  and quite rare fruit trees that need 2 ,male and female both grafted .

brian:
Thanks, I had never heard of che fruit.  Might try growing that too if I can find seeds and attempt grafting one day

https://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/che.html

SeaWalnut:

--- Quote from: brian on November 25, 2019, 06:20:22 PM ---Thanks, I had never heard of che fruit.  Might try growing that too if I can find seeds and attempt grafting one day

https://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/che.html

--- End quote ---
My recomandation is to buy grafted trees ,one male and one female and plant them outdoor.
As grafted trees they are expensive but over time you can graft scions on osage orange rootstock and have valuable trees to trade or sell.
Grafted che trees cost as much as grafted paw paws here but because you need 2 trees ,the total cost becomes double than a grafted paw paw.

Triloba Tracker:
Osage is all over the place here. I always think to myself there has to be a use for it. Looks like breadfruit.
So far the only use I know is rootstock for Che  ;D

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