{"id":11886,"date":"2022-09-04T09:28:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T09:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/?p=11886"},"modified":"2023-09-22T10:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T10:52:34","slug":"how-to-grow-a-walnut-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmandanimals.com\/how-to-grow-a-walnut-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Grow A Walnut Tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Walnuts are easy to grow, providing you have the right conditions. A rich, fertile soil, the right kind of temperate climate, and sufficient rainfall. In the United States, walnuts can be raised in hardiness zones 4 to 9. The trees grow at a medium rate and black walnut trees may reach over 100 feet in height. Let\u2019s take a look at how to grow a walnut tree of your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How To Grow A Walnut Tree From A Nut<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Growing a walnut tree from a walnut can be fun and rewarding. They are fairly easy to sprout and can be grown from a nut you buy from a store or collected directly from a tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Remove Husk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you get a fresh walnut from a tree, it will be covered in a green husk. This needs to be removed from the walnut to leave the nut inside its hard shell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When removing the husk, remember to wear gloves and protect your clothing as the juice from the husks will stain your hands and clothes and can be very difficult to remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To de-husk your walnuts, soak them for several days in a bucket of water. This will help to soften the fibrous husk and make it easier to peel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use a sharp knife and score deeply around the entire circumference of the nut then from top to bottom. You should then be able to peel the husk off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Soak Overnight & Stratify<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once the husk has been removed or if you bought your whole walnuts from a store, you\u2019ll need to soak them again overnight. The following day, wrap each nut in kitchen paper, place them in a container with a lid, spray the paper until it is wet, close the lid and place them into the refrigerator for three or four months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check them from time to time to ensure the kitchen paper is still moist but isn\u2019t showing any signs of mold. If it is, replace it with fresh paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will stratify<\/a> your nuts and mimic them going through a cold winter. Not doing this will significantly reduce germination rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Roots Appear<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once your nuts are stratified, remove them from the refrigerator and very carefully peel off the paper towel to prevent damaging any tender roots. You should see that the nut has split open and a root shoot is growing out from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Pot Up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In a largeish pot, put coco peat and a small amount of vermiculite mixed with a small amount of chicken poop fertilizer. Water well before making a small hole in the top of the soil to place the nut. Make sure the shoot is pointing downwards and leave the top half of the nut above the soil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spray the nut with water and do this frequently to prevent the soil from becoming dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Leaf Buds & Planting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Within a few weeks, you should notice the nut splitting open and a shoot with tiny green leaf buds appearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once your baby walnut tree has grown for its first year, you can plant it out in a sunny position with fertile, well-draining soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If planting more than one walnut tree, make sure to put them no closer than 12 feet apart although 15 feet is preferable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ensure you water the young trees frequently and try not to let the soil around them dry out, as this will cause them to become stressed and reduce their growth rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this video, you can see how to grow walnut trees from nuts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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