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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2012 21:02:24 GMT -5
Wearing shorts and sandals, I take the dog out walking. Can't see my breath. 10 blocks into the walk, rain and thunder. Nut-like pods were misidentified from a distance. On closer inspection, they are light, airy, full of teeny seeds. By time I get into dry clothes, lightning is flashing. Rain is really hitting my window hard. I've planted black walnut, English walnut, almond, pecan, have an interest in nuts of all kinds. Can pay shipping, if you have an overabundance. Thanks for reading.
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Post by castanea on Oct 11, 2012 23:57:00 GMT -5
They are widely available right now all over Oregon and Washington states.
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Post by MikeH on Oct 12, 2012 2:01:19 GMT -5
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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 12, 2012 6:09:44 GMT -5
If you want specific breeds, you can try these folks: www.badgersett.com/I want to plant small nuts in the forest for the wildlife and larger nuts around the house. Some for them & some for me. Do you know that for most nuts you need multiple varieties to get good pollination and nut set?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2012 10:56:28 GMT -5
I have attempted to sprout raw, shelled nuts, which rotted.
Prices seem exorbitant, at first, when they are sold as large seeds.
Will keep looking, but will eventually end up buying raw, whole, nuts, in shell. These have a high germination rate.
The offpsring of unrelated parents is understood to be cross fertile, so that, if someone has good nutset, a handful might populate a new orchard.
Old trees are ignored, in my area, or are considered messy. You can sometimes fill buckets, and people are happy to be rid of it.
Outwardly, they seem ugly, with their dried skins.
You shell them, have a nice big pile of clean kernels, and people act like you have a valuable commodity.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 12, 2012 14:24:25 GMT -5
ok... LOL I'm not sure if that is a yes or a no! I'm gonna assume you know what I'm talking about. I didn't learn until about 3 or 4 years ago. Meaning that even though we have several hazelnut trees side by side, they don't produce nuts because they are all the same variety.
I've actually had pretty good luck sprouting trees from raw nuts. It just takes a REALLY long time. Thus far, none are mature enough to produce nuts. I'm expecting in a couple more years.
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Post by castanea on Oct 27, 2012 11:25:19 GMT -5
I have attempted to sprout raw, shelled nuts, which rotted. Prices seem exorbitant, at first, when they are sold as large seeds. Will keep looking, but will eventually end up buying raw, whole, nuts, in shell. These have a high germination rate. The offpsring of unrelated parents is understood to be cross fertile, so that, if someone has good nutset, a handful might populate a new orchard. Old trees are ignored, in my area, or are considered messy. You can sometimes fill buckets, and people are happy to be rid of it. Outwardly, they seem ugly, with their dried skins. You shell them, have a nice big pile of clean kernels, and people act like you have a valuable commodity. Great hazelnuts and fresh right now- www.kronkeranch.com/
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2012 17:56:14 GMT -5
They Emailed me back, to tell me these ones won't sprout.
What I'll be buying this year are raw nuts in shell, as these are plentiful, cheap, and still viable.
If the farmer has used two or more varieties to pollinize, I would hope the offspring will also be cross fertile -- a worthwhile consideration. When I can, I will pick them up from different sources, to further improve my chances.
I am mainly very happy to have pretty trees and a surplus of nuts to eat. I don't have any special variety in mind, yet.
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Post by castanea on Nov 5, 2012 20:42:03 GMT -5
They Emailed me back, to tell me these ones won't sprout. What I'll be buying this year are raw nuts in shell, as these are plentiful, cheap, and still viable. If the farmer has used two or more varieties to pollinize, I would hope the offspring will also be cross fertile -- a worthwhile consideration. When I can, I will pick them up from different sources, to further improve my chances. I am mainly very happy to have pretty trees and a surplus of nuts to eat. I don't have any special variety in mind, yet. They have raw nuts in shells and they will sprout. I know because I have sprouted them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2012 11:48:33 GMT -5
Maybe I'll find the shipping, then. Last I checked, the price was only $2.50. If they turn out to be cooked, anyway, I still enjoy eating them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2012 11:54:30 GMT -5
Just completed my payment.
Again, if these or other raw nuts are just lying around for anyone reading, I'll cover shipping.
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Post by diane on Nov 6, 2012 15:37:44 GMT -5
I grow about a half dozen types of filberts. I used to give buckets of them to family, friends, neighbours. Then some idiot released some Eastern gray squirrels on Vancouver Island. They proliferated. I no longer get any filberts, but I have young trees coming up all over where the squirrels buried the nuts.
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Post by templeton on Nov 6, 2012 16:07:55 GMT -5
I sprouted some from fresh raw nuts a few years ago. I think I cracked the shells then stratified in the fridge in damp sand in a ziplock for a few months. I'm hoping for some diversity from mixed parents as well - these nuts all came off the same variety of trees in a mixed orchard, where only one of the varieties sets nuts. There was some phenotypic diversity in the seedlings so I hope it carries into the flowering characteristics - might be a couple years still. T
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2012 12:40:48 GMT -5
I watch adamantly, because we have many hungry animals between living deserts and temperate woodlands. Our wildlife watch the harvest, too. They know when it's not ripe, yet. They take it before it rots.
Crows fly our nuts, high into the air, drop them on to hard, city streets. If this doesn't crack the nuts, after several tries, the crows will investigate after cars have passed. We also find piles of shells under deeper woodpiles. (One local, small businessman also has to think of how his split wood and logs are maintained, so as not to create an attractive nuisance.)
He left town for a couple months. The pumpkin patch was watered on a timer, but apparently lost to hungry skunks. Rabbits seemed interested in the watermelons and cucumbers, but mostly kicked up soft dirt. They might have been making a hole under abundant leaves, but lost interest when disturbed plants wilted.
As they are wary of people, a more or less continual, human presence has afforded us a narrow window of time. Barely hidden fruit, under a leaf, or more toward the middle of a plant, has gone unnoticed and untouched.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2012 20:06:41 GMT -5
This is to verify that Kronke's whole hazelnuts were in fact raw.
I felt these were fatter than the ones I am used to at the grocery store, and occasionally very oily in a delicious way.
Someone has generously sent some, too. Thank you very much.
I would like to find some hickory and beech, scrimp, and do pick things up, about every couple of months.
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