Pigs & Sweetgum (gumballs)

[Tjcib]

We are clearing some space for new pigs to have pasture. It was mostly young pine (less than 4") that a previous owner let overthrow... but there is some Sweetgum mixed in. We would like to leave a few tall trees for shade.

Will/Should the pigs eat the gumballs that fall? I've read that goats love it, and pigs eat everything... So maybe the right word is "should"....

 

[Baymule]

I don't know if pigs will eat sweetgum balls or not. But if they do, they do. If they don't, they don't. If you want to leave a few for shade, then do so. The green sweetgum balls make flu medicine.

Sweet Gum Tree (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Sweet Gum is becoming well loved in the herbal community because it is known as an amazing ingredient in cold and flu formulas. It contains shikimic acid in its infertile seeds; the same ingredient…

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Sweetgum: An ancient source of beneficial compounds with modern benefits

Sweetgum trees are large, deciduous trees found in Asia and North America. Sweetgum trees are important resources for medicinal and other beneficial compounds. Many of the medicinal properties of sweetgum are derived from the resinous sap that exudes ...

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[Mini Horses]

Well I sure have these trees!! Don't mess with them tho.🤨. I have a real good supply of elderberry.

More interested in my beauty berry shrubs and insect control from those leaves.