Nut Trees
Grow your own nut trees! Learn how to do it, which ones grow well in your zone and how to keep them healthy and productive. There's nothing quite a delectable as cracking open homegrown nuts to embellish your discerning menu or add to your favorite dessert.
Nut Trees
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Harvesting Black Walnut Trees: When Do Black Walnuts Fall
Black walnuts that are ripe will almost literally fall in your lap. All you need is a tarp, some containers, and knowledge of when do black walnuts fall. This article has information that will help with harvesting black walnuts.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Cashew Nut Trees: Learn How To Grow Cashews
If you want to grow cashew nut trees, keep in mind that it will take two to three years from the time you plant until the time you harvest nuts. Click this article for more information about how to grow cashews and other cashew nut facts.
By Teo Spengler
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Picking Macadamia Nuts: When Are Macadamia Nuts Ripe
If you are wondering when to pick macadamia nuts, you have to wait until they are ripe. The nuts ripen at different times depending on where you are and what type of tree you have. This article has more information about macadamia nut harvesting.
By Teo Spengler
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Picking Pecans: How And When To Harvest Pecans
If you're nuts about nuts and you reside in U.S. Department of Agriculture zones 5-9, then you may be lucky enough to have access to picking pecans. The question is when is it time to harvest pecans? Click this article to find out how to harvest pecan nuts.
By Amy Grant
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Chestnut Tree Propagation: Growing Chestnut Trees From Cuttings
Chestnut tree propagation is not difficult. In the wild, these trees reproduce readily from the abundant crop of nuts they produce. You can also start propagating chestnut cuttings. Learn about chestnut tree propagation, and how to grow chestnut tree cuttings here.
By Teo Spengler
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Brazil Nut Harvesting: How And When To Harvest Brazil Nuts
Only certain native bees can get into the flowers and cross-pollinate in order to produce the Brazil nuts. Because of this, pretty much all the world's Brazil nuts are harvested in the wild. Learn about harvesting Brazil nuts here.
By Liz Baessler
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Types Of Nuts In Gardens – Information On Seed Vs. Nut Vs. Legume
Confused about the difference between nuts and seeds? How about peanuts; are they nuts? It sounds like they are but, surprise, they aren't. You would think if the word nut was in the common name it would be a nut, right? Click here to clarify the differences.
By Amy Grant
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What Are Nut Tree Pests: Learn About Bugs That Affect Nut Trees
Growing nuts can be a fun experience, but like any other fruiting plant, it's important to know what can go wrong and be prepared. This article will discuss the common pests of nut trees and ideas for dealing with them if it's your turn to have to exterminate tree bugs.
By Kristi Waterworth
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Hazelnut Picking: How And When To Harvest Hazelnuts
Even if you don't grow your own, there are several U-Pick places where you can do your own hazelnut picking. Harvesting hazelnuts is simple to do if you know when to harvest hazelnuts. So how do you harvest hazelnuts? Click here to learn more.
By Amy Grant
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Trimming A Walnut Tree: How To Prune Walnut Trees Properly
Walnut tree pruning is important for the tree's health, structure and productivity. Walnut trees make nice shade trees, are excellent timber specimens, and produce delicious nuts. Click this article to learn how to prune a walnut tree.
By Karen Boness
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Pine Nut Harvesting – When And How To Harvest Pine Nuts
People have been pine nut harvesting for centuries. You can grow your own by planting a pinyon pine and harvesting pine nuts from pine cones. Click this article for more information on when and how to harvest pine nuts.
By Teo Spengler
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Hican Nut Information – Learn About Uses For Hican Nuts
Hickory and pecan trees often grow together, since they have similar sun and soil preferences. However, they rarely cross-breed. When they do, the result is hican trees. Click on the following article for more hican nut information.
By Teo Spengler
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Almond Nut Harvesting: How And When To Harvest Almonds
Almond fruits are drupes, similar to cherries. Once the drupes mature, it's time for harvest. The quality and quantity of your backyard almonds depend on using the correct techniques to harvest, process, and store the nuts. Learn more in this article.
By Teo Spengler
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What Is Eastern Filbert Blight: Tips On How To Treat Eastern Filbert Blight
Growing hazelnuts in the U.S. is difficult because of Eastern filbert blight. The fungus does limited damage to American hazelnut, but it devastates the superior European hazelnut trees. Find out about Eastern filbert blight symptoms and management in this article.
By Jackie Carroll
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What Are Chinese Chestnuts: How To Grow Chinese Chestnut Trees
Many gardeners growing Chinese chestnuts do so for the nutritious, low-fat nuts, but the tree itself is attractive enough to be an ornamental. Read this article to learn how to grow Chinese chestnut trees. Click here for more info.
By Teo Spengler
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Nut Tree Fertilizer: When And How To Fertilize Nut Trees
Nut trees, like fruit trees, produce better if they are fed. The process of fertilizing nut trees begins long before you have the joy of eating your own nuts. Do you want to know how to fertilize nut trees? Click here for all the information you will need.
By Teo Spengler
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Planting Black Walnut Trees: Learn About Black Walnut Tree Growing
If you are an avid arborist or if you live in an area that was, until recently, populated by native black walnut trees, you may have questions about how to plant a black walnut tree. Also, what other black walnut tree info can we dig up? Click here.
By Amy Grant