In article , Oz
 writes
>Tim Lamb  writes
>>Outside our cultivated garden, I have not succeeded in growing Walnut. Each 
>>year, the squirrels produce seedlings which I dutifully pot up. Planting in 
>>bits of derelict ground does not seem to work. Tree guards do not suit the 
>>large leaves and serve to protect snails. Browsing by Deer and Rabbits and 
>>competition from weeds does for the rest. This year I am going to make tree 
>>guards from wire netting and use much larger pieces of plastic mulch. 
>>Probably get vandalised:-(
>
>
>Apparently our village was famed for its walnuts in the C18.
>There are quite a few obviously wild walnuts about (in hedrows for
>example).
>
>I've never managed a single walnut to eat from any of them.

Hmm. First you need the right weather conditions at flowering. Next you
need a relatively frost free late spring and a normal rainfall. Then you
need to avoid the Rooks who rob them off the tree, perhaps hoping they
are eggs.

You are welcome to (collect) some of mine:-) Bit small this year but a
heavy crop otherwise.

Three seedlings re-located from the garden to the pony paddock carried
fruit this year so probably 12-15 years. I don't suppose I'll harvest
anything from the next planting!

regards


>

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Tim Lamb

In article <TpLk0BA6NNhHFwe$@marford.demon.co.uk>, Tim Lamb
<URL:mailto:tim@marford.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article , Oz
>  writes

> >Apparently our village was famed for its walnuts in the C18.
> >There are quite a few obviously wild walnuts about (in hedrows for
> >example).
> >
> >I've never managed a single walnut to eat from any of them.
> 
> Hmm. First you need the right weather conditions at flowering. Next you
> need a relatively frost free late spring and a normal rainfall. Then you
> need to avoid the Rooks who rob them off the tree, perhaps hoping they
> are eggs.
> 
> You are welcome to (collect) some of mine:-) Bit small this year but a
> heavy crop otherwise.

Ime the best way to ensure you get -something- from a walnut crop is to
pickle them before the shells set about the end of June.

Cheerio,

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