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| 'Bears earlier than most walnuts varieties. This lovely yard tree creates cooling shade and produces large crops of great-tasting, easy-to-shell nuts. Heat- and cold-tolerant. Bears in 2-5 years. Matures to be 40-60' tall. Ripens in early October. Grafted. Self-pollinating.' I was hoping someone could answer a few questions for me. -Is this a cultivar of Black Walnut, Carpathian Walnut, or a hybrid of the two? -Does it have the juglone effect seen in most Black Walnuts? -Is it worth adding to the orchard? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Stark Bros. Walnuts
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- Posted by strudeldog 7 NW GA (My Page) on Sun, Oct 20, 13 at 22:47
| Black Walnut, so yes juglone. I think all the walnut family has Juglone to a degree. I think most English/Carpathian are grafted on black walnut rootstock at least in the eastern states. Worthwhile I would say yes if you have the space, If I was limited on space I don't know walnut would be high on my list. |
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| Have a friend in Flint, MI who's grown a wide variety of nut trees over the years - and he says Kwik-Krop is the best BW in his plantings. I have it here, but has not borne nuts, so I can't comment on it beyond my friend's experience. In other climates, others may surpass it. |
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- Posted by fabaceae_native (My Page) on Mon, Oct 21, 13 at 9:28
| I'm sure you realize how labor intensive most of the walnuts are to shell/extract the nutmeats from. I won't plant one as an edible based on this alone. Working for hours to yield a mess of tiny nut pieces mixed with shards of shell is not my idea of an easy harvest. The variety does sound like a good one in comparison though... |
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| Really no more labor intensive than a lot of things people do as hobbies. Of the grafted ones I have, Thomas and Kwik Crop have started producing a few nuts now. But I can't really comment on much about them, I'd rather eat a hickory nut. |
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- Posted by fabaceae_native z6 NM (My Page) on Wed, Oct 23, 13 at 14:15
| lkz5ia, you're remark: "no more labor intensive than a lot of things people do as hobbies" is probably correct, but since one of my hobbies is harvesting wild edibles, and I have patience for many labor-intensive pursuits (collecting piñon seeds, harvesting and processing prickly pears, curing olives, making mesquite meal, etc...), I can say that shelling walnuts (at least the wild ones I've tried) is in a different category altogether. I will admit this opinion could change with better tools, methods, and better nuts to begin with on my part... I have only lately begun to consider the economy of things that I grow as well as taste and usefulness. |
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| Shelling grafted BW is a world apart from wild seedlings, about like good seedling pecans. It also helps to have the right cracker, not just a hammer. |
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