Re: Black walnut trees
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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10/13/22 05:26 AM
10/13/22 05:26 AM
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Strut10
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Get that green husk off and put em an inch or two down. They grow like weeds. Every spring I find where all the squirrels put em then forgot. And the seedlings are hard to get rid of without an herbicide. Throw a tap root to China.
Wollen nicht krank dein feind. Planen es.
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Re: Black walnut trees
[Re: AJE]
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10/13/22 05:54 AM
10/13/22 05:54 AM
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bhugo
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Keep in mind they will eventually kill other plants/trees around them as they mature with a hormone from the roots and fall leaves. Again, better as wildlife habitat than a yard tree, unless you have the perfect spot for one.
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Re: Black walnut trees
[Re: AJE]
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10/13/22 06:04 AM
10/13/22 06:04 AM
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Turtledale
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Lots of walnut trees in people's yards around here. Folks gather them by the bushel full for the nuts. Dry them on a chicken wire "table" for good air circulation. Nuts are excellent eating Besides drying the husks and saving them for trap dye, one year I bolled about 20 gallon of husks and water. Skimmed off the husks and boiled that down to a couple gallons of concentrated trap dye. I put it in half gallon mason jars while still hot and it sealed them right up. Some of the darkest best trap dye I ever made.
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Black walnut trees
[Re: AJE]
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10/13/22 07:25 AM
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I would plant walnut trees if I had the time to do it. I do have a walnut cracker not as fancy as Keith's. But it works well. Some people seem to have a decent market for the nuts. I understand the oil from the nuts is really good too . Squirrels seem to benefit mostly from the walnuts around here. Black walnuts are a hobby of mine to be honest. I did go to Stoke's general store in front royal, VA. They sold walnuts from Missouri of all places, LOL. You see the black walnut nuts lying beside the road fairly regular. The firewood from black walnut trees is decent quality too.
wanna be goat farmer.
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Re: Black walnut trees
[Re: AJE]
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10/13/22 08:52 AM
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Black walnuts work for deworming certain animals . Somewhat similar to Ivomec in rough layman's terms. Just my worthless 2 cents.
wanna be goat farmer.
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Re: Black walnut trees
[Re: AJE]
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10/13/22 09:06 AM
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Gary Benson
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I saw a walnut tree last night that hangs over a sidewalk. There were so many walnuts fell off that tree that the nuts were touching one another covering the sidewalk. I'm not a yuge fan of the meat but a little bit in cookies or brownies aren't bad.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: Black walnut trees
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10/13/22 09:35 AM
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From the first falling leaf ( now) until the first of February is the ideal time to trim most any tree, provided it’s done right. Good answer.
wanna be goat farmer.
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