FREE: Free!!! Mesquite Tree Seeds!!! Great for shade! Easy to grow! Drought hearty! FREE SHIPPING!!

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Winner will receive 10 seeds harvested from my tree! Use GIN to receive 25! Beautiful trees grow quickly from Mesquite seeds for sale and furnish shade and wildlife habitat where other trees will not grow. Being a legume, it fixes nitrogen in the soil where it grows, although this is rather newly discovered and is still a poorly understood part of its life cycle. The bean pods of the mesquite tree contain a sweet pulp eaten by numerous mammals, including domestic livestock, squirrels, and other dessert animals. The mesquite still provides a staple food for many people in Mexico, who grind the bean pod into meal for bread and also use it to make a fermented beverage. The flowers are an excellent honey source. The stems yield a gum somewhat like gum arabic. The very durable wood is valued for fence posts, fuel, and furniture. The charcoal of the wood is Excellent for grilling foods. My dad used to say "Never cook with Hickory if there's a Mesquite Tree within 100 miles". Mesquite trees grow in barren sites unsuited to most crops, and need little to no watering after the 1st year as their roots may penetrate 50 to 60 feet into the earth to find moisture. Mesquites are a characteristic part of the vegetation in arid western regions of the Americas.