Catapla tree

Just about to plant 5 anybody had experience with these or anything I should do to make grow?

make them grow? I never fertilized any.They make big tree. when the worms are on them the poop will be a falling. We had one by a patio and cut it down dropping were kinda bad.

All I know is that my PawPaw had several and always painted at least three feet up white every year. He said it kept ants from eating the larva. he always had plenty of worms. If you are going to fertilize dig a coffee can size holes about 4' apart along the dropline and put about a half a can of thrip 13 in each one.

Easy to grow. Prune every year.

He brought me these this morning said fish like em so I got em in the ground by pond now ill keep eye out for ants

Got Armadillo?

You will. Not necessarily a deal breaker but you have been warned.

They r sum around why?

Catalpa worms burrow into the ground to become a moth. Armadillo will dig them up as a food source big time. My parents eventually poisoned all of the trees around their home due to all of the ankle twisting and lawn mower jarring holes left by the 'dillos. Out in the country, likely no big deal. In your yard, PIA!

Everything that's hungry will eat them worms.When they pop out,be on guard...

Ok thanks it's not in my yard but close enough I can shine it at night to kill armadillos I'll try my best to protect them worms

Ain't fished with tobby worms in many years but they work great.

Do the worms just automatically appear? Does that make sense?...I hope that ain't a stupid question.

I guess what I'm saying is I've never noticed a tree in our neighborhood, so how would the worms find my tree if I planted it?

I reckon moths find tree then larve get there

I have 3 of them out back. My chickens like em

Sometimes you have to “seed” the tree with worms to get them started.

That's kinda what I was wondering.... figured it was something like JB said above, where the moths (or whatever the parents are) find the tree, or you'd have to go find some worms and introduce them to your trees. I've seen trees before that I don't recall ever seeing worms on.

FIL cut some temporary fence posts out of them.
Had a wet spring and 5 grew roots and lasted
until they were cut to plant pines.

Yeah, they are easy to grow. U can just take a cutting and it will root.

Just plant away from trees were there are no other roots. Expect them to grow 20 or 30 feet tall over time plant accordingly. Great bream or catfish bait pinch in half for large worms. Great bait certain times of year sometimes one half of worm will catch 5 or 6 fish.