Growing Nuts from Seed

[OROZCONLECHE]

Well its all fun and experiment

[Susan W]

How much time and how much room do you have?! I have a couple of pecans, and they may have been volunteer, and many walnuts around. I have picked pecans off the ground a couple of times, usually not much or squirrels are at the buffet line first. Squirrels also bury aka plant nuts in the yard, garden, pots, anywhere and they are the dickens to get out.

Pecans are a messy tree, with lots of dropped stuff. Walnuts not real pretty

Also, you have nut trees, you have squirrels, means bye-bye tomatoes.

I am in a cheery mood!!

[OROZCONLECHE]

Haha I was laughing as I read that, but I have no Squirells, Only Ducks but they wont eat em, they may peck at them but leave them, also I have all the time of the world im just 21 so Im still on the Younger Side(I hope) and Volunteer nuts would be awesome cuz you can forget them and in a couple of years you have some trees, I Have alot of space the only problem is I might have to move this year, but I can keep it in a container, I actually forgot to go to the store and buy some nuts I might have to pick up on any nut i see but not walnuts.

[tomc]

Oroz hickory and juglans family trees are incerdibly tap-root dominant. You can keep them in pots for a couple years, maybe.

Better you do a Johnny Chapman and plant nut trees and leave them behind you.

[soil]

if you have that mindset, go buy some monkey puzzle tree seeds. VERY nutritious nut, very high yielding. BUT@!!!! it wont fruit for like over 50 years. so maybe when your 70 youll get to eat one. this country used to be covered in monkey puzzle trees until people cut them down for little tiny pieces of wood on and in violins.

[OROZCONLECHE]

Wow that is Horrible, It would be awesome to have such a nut, and its sad how people will take good plants trees of its own habitat just to make fast money

[Richee]

I grabbed a bunch of nuts in December to try and grow them.

Out of all the seeds I tried to grow, I got one Almond growing, two Chestnuts growing, and one Hazelnut. They were all bought from the food section at Walmart. lol.

[OROZCONLECHE]

Nice, You should Keep em all and Let the waiting Give you a Reward of Nuts. =D

[Richee]

Here's what my Almond looks like at the moment.



Here's one of my Chestnuts.



Here's my other Chestnut.. I guess I planted him upside down, because he's actually lifted himself out of the dirt, and has almost flipped himself completely over.



My Hazelnut shows roots going down the side of the cup, but nothing has come to the surface yet. Maybe it's upside down as well, and isn't strong enough to flip itself?

[OROZCONLECHE]

Those look amazing specially the chestnut, and its crazy how the walnut just turned over, maybe you should help out the hazelnut lol

[Richee]

Thanks, it's not a Walnut though.. it's another Chestnut.

Have you started any nuts yet?

[OROZCONLECHE]

Oh yea chestnut, well ive been procrastinating on getting it, but im sure ill get it today, i have to go and buy some, but i have no vehicle but today im going all over so im going to get a hold of some today

[OROZCONLECHE]

Just got a Hazelnut, Almon and what looks like a huge hazelnut, n the store said Chestnut but doesn't look like yours.

[Richee]

Mine was a dark red color, I peeled the skin off of it the best I could.

[Richee]

....and I had to crack the hazelnut open with a hammer.

I held it with vicegrips, and tapped it lightly on the ground. Then I kept tapping harder each time, until I heard a crack or pop. Then I took it in my hands and looked for the crack, then peeled it open with my fingertips.

The Almond was a lot harder for me to access. I remember taking small clippers to cut around the sides, until I could eventually pull it apart with my fingers.

If you have a nut-cracker, it might help.. but I was afraid of breaking the seed inside.