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[unixpirate]

Walnut Tree.

What the hell do I do with them? Lots of them on the ground. Some black, some green.

I hear they are a protected species.

 

[huntr1]

Trees on the ground or nuts on the ground? If it's trees, I got dibs and will be over with a chainsaw and trailer tonight.

If it's nuts, DNR asks for donations every year for their sapling program. I would be interested in some too.

 

[unixpirate]

Trees on the ground or nuts on the ground? If it's trees, I got dibs and will be over with a chainsaw and trailer tonight.

If it's nuts, DNR asks for donations every year for their sapling program. I would be interested in some too.

No just the nuts.
Your welcome H, to what you want. I started to pick up a bunch in the middle of the rain drops. Don't want to be out their to long. I hear sugar melts

DNR location?

 

[Hornet]

Walnut Tree.

What the hell do I do with them? Lots of them on the ground. Some black, some green.

I hear they are a protected species.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1148.html

"The roots of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.) and Butternut (Juglans cinerea L.) produce a substance known as juglone (5-hydroxy-alphanapthaquinone). Persian (English or Carpathian) walnut trees are sometimes grafted onto black walnut rootstocks. Many plants such as tomato, potato, blackberry, blueberry, azalea, mountain laurel, rhododendron, red pine and apple may be injured or killed within one to two months of growth within the root zone of these trees. The toxic zone from a mature tree occurs on average in a 50 to 60 foot radius from the trunk, but can be up to 80 feet."

I did not find anything to indicate the nuts (or trees) were protected, but found it interesting that the trees can be toxic.

 

[unixpirate]

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1148.html

"The roots of Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.) and Butternut (Juglans cinerea L.) produce a substance known as juglone (5-hydroxy-alphanapthaquinone). Persian (English or Carpathian) walnut trees are sometimes grafted onto black walnut rootstocks. Many plants such as tomato, potato, blackberry, blueberry, azalea, mountain laurel, rhododendron, red pine and apple may be injured or killed within one to two months of growth within the root zone of these trees. The toxic zone from a mature tree occurs on average in a 50 to 60 foot radius from the trunk, but can be up to 80 feet."

I did not find anything to indicate the nuts (or trees) were protected, but found it interesting that the trees can be toxic.

I did do a little research and didn't find anything either about them being protected. I think when I bought the house, they told me, and it stuck with me
Well I don't have any fruits or vegi's close by. They are all out front so hopefully to keep the rabbits and such from eating them. Nieghbors seem to be walking by more, but I think that's cause my yard is so pretty..

 

[PrepH4U]

I did do a little research and didn't find anything either about them being protected. I think when I bought the house, they told me and it stuck with me

I do know you don't want one by a horse pasture as it is very toxic to them. My mom used to husk/hull black walnuts and they were so good in brownies. I do remember helping to take off the green crappy covering and it will stain your hands for weeks.

 

[unixpirate]

I do know you don't want one by a horse pasture as it is very toxic to them. My mom used to husk/hull black walnuts and they were so good in brownies. I do remember helping to take off the green crappy covering and it will stain your hands for weeks.

No worries. I only have a dog and a cat..

Yeah I picked a bunch and they have this very unique smell that hasn't come off my hands yet. Haven't attemtped to peel them.
By your converstaion Prep, I take it you peel them while they are green. Reason I'm asking is cause their is also black ones on the ground. are they no good?

 

[Speedy70]

My aunt and uncle have a very old one next to their house. The only info that I can give you is NOT to park your car under it. When those walnuts fall from the tree, they fall hard.

 

[redhead77]

No worries. I only have a dog and a cat..

Yeah I picked a bunch and they have this very unique smell that hasn't come off my hands yet. Haven't attemtped to peel them.
By your converstaion Prep, I take it you peel them while they are green. Reason I'm asking is cause their is also black ones on the ground. are they no good?

Do NOT try to peel/hull them with your hands, it takes forever to get the stain off. You want to hull the black ones. The way that my grandparents would do was to spread the walnuts on a gravel driveway and drive over them for a few weeks and then go pick up the nuts.

 

[PrepH4U]

Do NOT try to peel/hull them with your hands, it takes forever to get the stain off. You want to hull the black ones. The way that my grandparents would do was to spread the walnuts on a gravel driveway and drive over them for a few weeks and then go pick up the nuts.

Yep I have seen them spread in a driveway to get the green/black off. My mom & dad also had an old walnut husker machine. They put the green ones on a newspaper outside on a table and let them turn black. Then you put the black (ripe) ones into the husker thing and cranked the handle to get that crap off. Unix you want them black in order to get that stinky, hand staining husk off the shell. Have fun!

 

[onebdzee]

My youngest mutt uses them as "make shift" baseballs :shrug:

they splat real nice in the field by the house when they are black....there should be about 300 trees growing out there by now

 

[aps45819]

What the hell do I do with them? Lots of them on the ground. Some black, some green.

The're very useful for getting that dangerous sharp edge off your lawn mower blade.

 

[unixpirate]

Yep I have seen them spread in a driveway to get the green/black off. My mom & dad also had an old walnut husker machine. They put the green ones on a newspaper outside on a table and let them turn black. Then you put the black (ripe) ones into the husker thing and cranked the handle to get that crap off. Unix you want them black in order to get that stinky, hand staining husk off the shell. Have fun!

OK, I stopped collecting them for you mf's.
Some shells are black, green. Some black, green and soft!

Now what!

 

[MysticalMom]

My sugar gliders like to eat them.

 

[huntr1]

No just the nuts.
Your welcome H, to what you want. I started to pick up a bunch in the middle of the rain drops. Don't want to be out their to long. I hear sugar melts

DNR location?

Can I come by next week to get some? When works best for you? Do you still work in Silver Spring?

 

[migtig]

Huntr - can you grab me some too? Oh my gosh I haven't had black walnuts in forever and a day.

 

[huntr1]

Huntr - can you grab me some too? Oh my gosh I haven't had black walnuts in forever and a day.

Sure thing hunnybuns.

Uni, just to let you know, I have an email in to a guy at DNR about the black walnut nut collection program. Trying to get some info for you.

 

[aps45819]

Do NOT try to peel/hull them with your hands, it takes forever to get the stain off.

even with rubber gloves on they'll stain your hands.
Ask your dentist if you can have any broken probes/tools they have. The passages in the shell with meat are rather small and the dental tools wook great for getting the meat out.

 

[unixpirate]

Your nuts

huntr are on the front porch in a grocery bag..



Enjoy

 

[BadGirl]

huntr are on the front porch in a grocery bag..



Enjoy

If huntr1's nuts are on your porch, I feel sorry for his wife.