O/T English Walnut trees

bruster · May 19, 2009

In NE Ohio I've got 5 English walnuts. Millers and Stark's advertise that they are good for zone 5, and Youngstown is almost at the boundary of zone4/5. They just don't want to grow and get cold damage in the winter.

Has anyone in the same zone border(4 / 5) had any success raising these and harvesting nuts?

Buckeye · May 19, 2009

I'm in South-East Ohio and have good luck with them here. If we have a peach crop, we will also have a good English Walnut crop.

Cue P. · May 19, 2009

I believe there are several varieties of english walnut, certain california grown varieties will not grow in colder climates in the east. so while english walnuts in general may grow in zone 5, the particular variety, or cultivar, sold to you may not.

Anonymous-0 · May 19, 2009

I think you are refering to Carpatian walnuts which are like English. I have quite a few that I planted in the '70s. I got them from Millers when I worked there. I took home a bunch of the crooked ones they were sending to the dump as unsuitable to sell. They grow best where there used to be a cow barn and the soil is deep and fertile with a neutral PH. They produce a lot of nuts one year and then much less the next. It took about ten years for them to start bearing well. I live in upstate NY and it gets very cold here in winter. Doesn't seem to hurt them here.

bruster · May 19, 2009

The 2 I bought from Miller 4 years ago have been slow, with one dieing 2 years ago. The survivor is 4' tall. Last year I bought 2 from Stark's and they have grown6" but not very leafy. The first Paw-Paws I bought from themwere6" tall and dies. They sent 2 new replacements, but they are 18" tall and growing good!

Since you worked there, do they ship those Walnuts in, or propagate them there?

Bspauld · May 19, 2009

I have 2 that are 15 yrs old and no nuts ever,but a neighbor has a mature tree and that has plenty every year,They may be called something else but they look like an English Walnut and taste like one

ScottyHOMeY · May 19, 2009

The specific variety is, of course, important, but I'd just share with you what my Grandpa used to say, "You plant an apple tree to grow up with your kids. Walnuts are for your grandkids."

Walnuts, horse chestnuts (with their gorgeous flower spikes), and others . . . are slow growing trees. They'll show more damage in their early years, but if they make it through are very robust trees.

I don't know how long you've had your trees, but I wouldn't expect anything from five trees that I'd actually call a harvest in anything shorter than 15-25 years.

Buckeye · May 19, 2009

I have some trees that are 10-15 years old and will produce a 5-gallon bucket full per tree.

RayP(MI) · May 19, 2009

We've got a couple that my dad planted in the '60s. they are fairly good sized, and produce a bood bucket full, although not every year. We're in mid Michigan. during the winter, the trees will sometimes split due to the cold. Was about 15 feet from one when it split open last winter. One heckava loud "crack". Seems to grow back together the next season tho.

Ultradog MN · May 19, 2009

Not to hijack bruster's thread...
I was sitting in my deer stand when I was about 14. Cold, cold morning.
The red oak I was leaning against froze and cracked with a POW! I about soiled my pants, dropped my gun, fell out of the tree and had a heartastroke all at once. Fortunately I managed to hang on to everything. Laugh about it now but those kinds of things you Never forget.

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