Hackberry - Terrible name, Phenomenal tree

[@1000wastedwords]

Ok, I’m intrigued. I need the video on the eating bit 😁

[@yLeprechaun]

Some folks dry them and then grind them into a flour. What do then...? I, uh, dunno.

[@AgroecologicalSystems]

We planted one here in the Adirondack high peaks, it did fairly well this season but it’s still so small compared to these giants!

[@ericwanderweg8525]

I have the perfect yard to plant a couple in. Not enough space though! I should plant a couple anyway 😎

[@nathaliewood5087]

Thank you for introducing me to this tree❣️

[@snailcreekhomestead]

Thanks for the video

[@codygillespie]

Hmm... I'll have to try the berries this year, sounds interesting. They are a beautiful tree, I see a lot around here with wicked awesome roots that grow across the top of the ground too.

[@akivasilver-twistedtreefar3930]

Eating the fruit, you either eat the skin off and spit out the seed or crush the seeds and eat all. I'll post a separate video about the fruit this winter

[@jameswalker3416]

Did you say you sell seedlings of this tree? I would buy a couple to turn into bonsai .

[@claytonhalligan2067]

I think it should be called the trail mix tree, then maybe people would realize the value this tree provides

[@DebDDigger]

I've had several hackberries sprout and grow well in my yard in the Drumlins area just outside Syracuse. The youngest one appears to be a weeping form. I can't find any reference to weeping C. occidentalis on line or in my books. There is, however, a C. chinensis. This one has the leaves and nipple galls of the native species, so that's what I'm taking it to be. Any ideas on what could have caused the weeping form?

[@yLeprechaun]

I planted about 1500 this spring that were collected last fall. About 10 came up. No clue what I did wrong. :(

[@akivasilver-twistedtreefar3930]

They might come up next spring. Double Dormancy is common issue with hackberry seeds

[@yLeprechaun]

@@akivasilver-twistedtreefar3930 , thanks Akiva.

[@janxious]

You can just call them sugarberry. It already has a pleasant common name. :D

[@akivasilver-twistedtreefar3930]

That's true. Sugar berry usually refers to the southern species, but seems like it could be used across the genus

[@Martinonskis]

What is the wood like?

[@ericwanderweg8525]

Pale white, boring grain and stringy if you split it.

[@akivasilver-twistedtreefar3930]

Medium density white hardwood, I've never worked it.

[@PlantGuideYT]

No that is a perfect name you are not from the south. It grows ugly warts most people would think it is sick. But, it is also an extremely fast wild tree that gets so branchy. The one your showing is a heavily pruned one