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As anyone had an experience with growing edible nut trees?
kind regards
tracey
kind regards
tracey
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Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
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No experience myself, but I've looked into cobnuts (very in vogue at the moment), and they're apparently fairly easy to grow, although I think you need to have two so they pollenate each other...A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/
BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012
Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.
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We have a cob nut on the lottie- just the one and it's a 5yr old tree.
It has produced quite a few nuts over the past couple of years, and I'm not aware if there is another one nearby- perhaps there are some self fertile varieties??
Can't tell you what they taste like though as each year they have been stripped off overnight by squirrels!!!
Maybe I should pick them green rather than wait for them to ripen- I know that they can be eaten green , but never tried it myself ( next year though.....!)
We have access to a mature Walnut tree in France, but we have had no imput into that .
The cobnut has been easier to grow than any of the fruit trees.
We bought it from Marshalls.Last edited by Nicos; 15-01-2008, 12:52 PM."Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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I've managed to grow two walnut trees without knowing anything about them - unfortunately they both grow out over the road and are getting caught up in the phone lines and the roof etc so they have got to go - however they have grown to full size in about 16 years as i really did not notice either of them when we bought the house - so i am assuming that they are easy to grow and am going to put two in on my piece of land once its cleared of weed acacias and assume i will get nuts in another 15 years.Comment
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Ooh, ooh, me too! - can I join in???!!
I have just bought a walnut tree from Victoriana Nurseries and am just trying to work out where to put it. Could you tell me what sort of height/spread your trees have Jardiniere? My planting instructions say "can grow to 35 feet (AAAGGGHHHHH!!!!!) but can be pruned to a more manageable size". I bought a walnut and an almond tree, both of which are self-fertile apparently but, as you know to your cost, putting them in the wrong place can be such a pain!
Incidentally, mine said they would fruit in 3 years. Have yours only just started fruiting?????Comment
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I have an almond tree in a container, bought as a bare rooted tree and planted March 06 had two nuts in 06 and about 15 last year. So hopefully a few more this year.Comment
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In a container? How big is your container?! Sounds very interesting!Originally posted by gojiberry View PostComment
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I just did a long reply to this all about my walnuts but the forum logged me off before i could post - its done that before.
Quickly then
Trees are at least 24 feet (guessing). One has a split trunk because its feral (dropped by squirells we presume) started producing nuts years ago but as we only came here for holidays and not in September/Oct when nut harvest is we are not certain when or how many.
But they are BIG TREES and nothing will grow underneath them - wouldnt recommend unless you have tons of space -Comment
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Lets see what we can do to help here - the Dordogne is one of the walnut and nut centres of the world so we get the trees here in profusion.
Walnuts: Size wise, it depends on what type you buy. Most of the commercially grown trees here grow to about 15/18 feet and have a spread of about 12/15 feet but I've also seen the 25 footers with a 20 foot spread. As Jardiniere says, nothing but nothing will grow underneath them and in the walnot groves, the grass is kept very short underneath, assuming that it grows at all. You should get a good nut production in 8 or so years, you'll get a drop in June/July (which is when the pickled walnuts and walnut wine are made, when the shells and insides are soft) and the main drop/harvest should be September/October.
Hazel nuts grow easily, if you have the autofertile type, which is what we're using when we cut out the lonicera hedge at the side and back of the house. They grow easily and you should get a reasonable crop in year 2. We'll be using some as trees and the remainder (about 15) as a hedge which also works well.Last edited by TonyF; 16-01-2008, 11:31 AM.TonyF, Dordogne 24220Comment
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Thanks Tony
A Hazel nut tree or two so far sounds the way to go.Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Michael PollanComment
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Bloody irritating, that! If I do a long post (or pm) before I press 'submit' I highlight my brilliant prose (ha!) and then right-click on the mouse and copy. That way if it disappears on you, you can log on again and click in the reply box and right-click-paste.Originally posted by Jardiniere View Post
However, when you do press 'submit', if you've been timed out, you should get the option under the 'you've timed out' message to log on again, and the vine SHOULD then contine with your 'submit' instruction.Comment
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Has anyone tried the root control bags from one of the fruit nurseries? ( Ken Muir I think)It says it limits the size and enables the trees to be moved if necessary, but does not give any indication of how much effect it has on size.I could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
Now a little Shrinking Violet.
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Wasn't certain whether to post this here or on my original walnut tree thread but whatever..........
my two walnut trees were put to the axe yesterday - by a german tree fella...
so sad... i now have a stere of lovely wood for the wood burner and a telephone line that wont get snagged and roof tiles that wont be swept off but it does look bare!!!Comment
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Condolences Jardiniere...must look a bit strange for you at the moment????
I've just rescued a piece of wood which was an original piece of timber from the ceiling joist of our 17 th Century French house. It's got a peg and angled joints etc ...and old wood worm- just couldn't bring myself to burn it....from the diameter of the oak it must be 200 yrs older ...at least!!!
I seriously have problems burning a piece of history which is 400 yrs old and possibly was a seedling in the 1400's!....who wouldn't??
Think I'm into old wood folks...any 'Ancient wood anonymous 'sites folks???
"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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Never mind all that Nicos, a WHOLE stere of bois de chaufageOriginally posted by Nicos View PostCondolences Jardiniere...must look a bit strange for you at the moment????
I seriously have problems burning a piece of history which is 400 yrs old and possibly was a seedling in the 1400's!....who wouldn't??
Think I'm into old wood folks...any 'Ancient wood anonymous 'sites folks???
And, for nothing....
A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)
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