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Re: Planting Black Walnut ?? [Re: 080808] #7347387 09/04/21 01:31 AM 09/04/21 01:31 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,121 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,121 WI - Wisconsin	I picked some the other night from a relatives yard. I'm thinking about planting a few at the land. I did some research last night & learned bear love them. I don't think I want to lure in bear. As for mowing over them, I imagine that could be a potentially hazardous projectile. They are bigger than I realized. You'd feel it if ya walked under a tree & had 1 fall on your head. I also read that red fox like the prescense of black walnut trees. Last edited by AJE; 09/04/21 01:31 AM.

Re: Planting Black Walnut ?? [Re: AJE] #7347458 09/04/21 07:11 AM 09/04/21 07:11 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,736 Eastern Shore of Maryland HobbieTrapper "Chippendale Trapper"
HobbieTrapper "Chippendale Trapper" Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 28,736 Eastern Shore of Maryland	Originally Posted by AJE Do deer like them? We had a goat that would eat them. Not sure if these deer were snacking on them though. Last edited by HobbieTrapper; 09/04/21 07:11 AM. -Goofy-

Re: Planting Black Walnut ?? [Re: AJE] #7347497 09/04/21 08:13 AM 09/04/21 08:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,104 New York N nyhuntfish trapper
nyhuntfish trapper N Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,104 New York	Originally Posted by AJE I picked some the other night from a relatives yard. I'm thinking about planting a few at the land. I did some research last night & learned bear love them. I don't think I want to lure in bear. As for mowing over them, I imagine that could be a potentially hazardous projectile. They are bigger than I realized. You'd feel it if ya walked under a tree & had 1 fall on your head. I also read that red fox like the prescense of black walnut trees. I have a ton of them. You can't mow over them as they'll just rot in the yard. Every year we pick them up systematically for weeks. Thousands of them (except last year because I think of the drought). My opinion on these trees: 1.) Great trees as-trees themselves. 2.) IF I could find some real use for the walnuts they would make sense. Else, you either need to hire people or spend multiple weekends picking them up. One trick we've done for years: Go to Salvation Army store, pick up cheap tennis rackets. Then use them to knock walnuts out into the woods, but you'll still need an army to pick them up in addition.

Re: Planting Black Walnut ?? [Re: Wife] #7347528 09/04/21 09:06 AM 09/04/21 09:06 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,258 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,258 Minnesota	Originally Posted by Wife We have an Indian Reservation about 40 miles from where I live. I attended several seminars on planting walnuts for timber production in those Missouri River Bluffs (hand, machine and aerial). The absolute best success they had was to drive an old pick-up through the logged over trails and deposit (shovel) small piles of walnuts out of the tailgate every 200 yards, come back in November and hunt the heck out of the local squirrel population!!!! More cost effective and better distribution of desirable tree seeds than the other methods used. Low maintenance and about as Green as you can get with excellent results. I liked that Forester.......................................... the mike That's cool NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Planting Black Walnut ?? [Re: 080808] #7347706 09/04/21 01:17 PM 09/04/21 01:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,027 USA MN Snowpa trapper
Snowpa trapper Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,027 USA MN	I have mature walnut and so do the neighbors ,Nothing does well growing around them ,Some kind of juice that contaminates the soil ,Google it Never Confuse Stupid With Crazy

Re: Planting Black Walnut ?? [Re: 080808] #7347753 09/04/21 02:37 PM 09/04/21 02:37 PM
Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 1,497 Southern NJ maintenanceguy trapper
maintenanceguy trapper Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 1,497 Southern NJ	I get volunteer trees every year. I've never planted a walnut tree but I have dug up and moved a bunch of seedlings that were 8" tall all around the parent tree. I don't have squirrels so apparently they will grow just sitting on the ground. Maybe the ones that come up are ones I've pushed into the ground with the lawn mower but that's the extent of "planting". I've got black and english walnut trees. Not sure why anyone would plant black walnut. Too hard to get the meat out of the nuts. -Ryan

Re: Planting Black Walnut ?? [Re: 080808] #7347780 09/04/21 03:18 PM 09/04/21 03:18 PM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,857 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,857 Champaign County, Ohio.	Here's the nut cracker I use for black walnuts. The G. Gardner Master Nut Cracker. It works very well. I can literally crack a black walnut with a pinkie finger when using it. Last year was a bad year for black walnuts here, but I still got a fair amount from around a dozen trees on my farm. 7 buckets of walnuts in hulls makes 2 buckets hulled and pressure washed. Walnuts are just starting to drop here. I'll start collecting them soon. I plan on going after hickory nuts too. Anyone else collecting nuts this year Keith

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