I paused the video and went out and planted 6 Turkish, 7 Romana, and 8 Hall's Giant Hazelnut in addition to last year's 5 American Hazelnut then came back inside but first baked 3 cookies and resumed watching the rest of the video. Cheers from Los Angeles
Great advice. I've got about 5 or 6 hazel trees that are due a coppice. Theyve been done before but it will be my first time doing this having bought the place last year. I was so excited to have hazel trees because I really like eating the nuts. I checked the crop and it looked really abundent but just slightly too green, as far as I could tell. That week the squirrels must have taken them when i was working and by the weekend had stripped the whole crop. I didnt get a single nut. I wonder how early i can harvest and/or any tactics to protect the crop. I also wonder how long after coppicing can they be cropped again.
In my experience your looking at about 3 years after coppicing before getting nuts again, yes squirrels are a real problem they will strip a tree in a day or two
He’s a border jack A border terrier X jack Russell I lost my last border jack Todd in 2020 he was 17 years old he was such a good hunting dog for rabbits and rats etc amazing nose on him Milo is now 5 months old and he’s really starting to use his nose now he’s flushing pheasants, rabbits and even the odd muntjac 😆 and he’s caught his first mouse
I’ve not thought about that as you can sort of feel it’s a good nut if you know what I mean, I don’t mind planting the odd dud anyway Just thinking, would hazels not float anyway even if viable ?
@SmallholdingUK If a tree lacks boron, most if not all of the nuts will be duds. I suppose that commercial growers will make sure that most of the nuts have content. Supposedly, float or sink is a reliable method of separating good and bad nuts. I have used it on wild nuts, but I suspect that I didn't plant them soon enough. Or the nuts were eaten. I suppose propagating using cuttings in the spring will work better. One nice feature of Hazel is that the tree thrives where the ground is wet.
I’ve grown thousands of trees from cuttings, I used to sell online hedging and various other trees, hazels don’t take well from cuttings at all, layering is the preferred method Not sure where you are but here in uk you won’t find many hazels in wet areas moist ish maybe but not wet
@SmallholdingUK I live in southwestern Norway. There is an ample supply of wet areas. People tend to recommend Hazel for ground that is not suitable for other crops. However, I suspect that these areas might not be exactly rich in boron, so that has to be added. Otherwise, the number of nuts with content will not be many. I had high hopes for taking cuttings the coming spring. I just found an article explaining that I would need to use a rooting hormone in order to be successful. I'm not sure yet how I could get hold of that. Perhaps Amazon. I'm looking forward to some experimenting. Layering is my mother's favourite method of propagating red and black currants. Just a branch and a suitable stone, and we're in business.
@@tarjei99 I used to use clonex gel it is really easy to use but like I say I’ve never had much luck at all with hazel cuttings that’s why I started trying growing from nuts and it’s been so much better
I paused the video and went out and planted 6 Turkish, 7 Romana, and 8 Hall's Giant Hazelnut in addition to last year's 5 American Hazelnut then came back inside but first baked 3 cookies and resumed watching the rest of the video. Cheers from Los Angeles
😊 awesome, good luck 👍
Love your super organised seed area!!! I’d live a covered area like that
It’s definitely handy for wet weather jobs, I sometimes put my hammock in there aswel 😊
@ awww dreamy!!!
Great advice. I've got about 5 or 6 hazel trees that are due a coppice. Theyve been done before but it will be my first time doing this having bought the place last year. I was so excited to have hazel trees because I really like eating the nuts. I checked the crop and it looked really abundent but just slightly too green, as far as I could tell. That week the squirrels must have taken them when i was working and by the weekend had stripped the whole crop. I didnt get a single nut. I wonder how early i can harvest and/or any tactics to protect the crop. I also wonder how long after coppicing can they be cropped again.
In my experience your looking at about 3 years after coppicing before getting nuts again, yes squirrels are a real problem they will strip a tree in a day or two
what breed of dog is Milo, he is very helpful :)
He’s a border jack
A border terrier X jack Russell
I lost my last border jack Todd in 2020 he was 17 years old he was such a good hunting dog for rabbits and rats etc amazing nose on him
Milo is now 5 months old and he’s really starting to use his nose now he’s flushing pheasants, rabbits and even the odd muntjac 😆 and he’s caught his first mouse
Wonder what we call corn nuts in the states...Acorns? Corn nuts are what u buy at the gas stating when I want to chip a tooth
Corn nuts 🤔 not sure what they are ?
Popcorn maybe
How big is your woodland going to be?
The holding is 4 acres, I suppose about 3 ish will be fully planted
I'll be impressed if you manage to keep the mice out - I write from experience...
Yeah I know but I just wanted to try it, I’ve tightly wired over the top
@@SmallholdingUK I shall watch with interest... 😉
Should you not check the nuts by seeing if they sink or float in water?
I’ve not thought about that as you can sort of feel it’s a good nut if you know what I mean, I don’t mind planting the odd dud anyway
Just thinking, would hazels not float anyway even if viable ?
@SmallholdingUK If a tree lacks boron, most if not all of the nuts will be duds. I suppose that commercial growers will make sure that most of the nuts have content.
Supposedly, float or sink is a reliable method of separating good and bad nuts. I have used it on wild nuts, but I suspect that I didn't plant them soon enough. Or the nuts were eaten. I suppose propagating using cuttings in the spring will work better.
One nice feature of Hazel is that the tree thrives where the ground is wet.
I’ve grown thousands of trees from cuttings, I used to sell online hedging and various other trees, hazels don’t take well from cuttings at all, layering is the preferred method
Not sure where you are but here in uk you won’t find many hazels in wet areas moist ish maybe but not wet
@SmallholdingUK I live in southwestern Norway. There is an ample supply of wet areas. People tend to recommend Hazel for ground that is not suitable for other crops. However, I suspect that these areas might not be exactly rich in boron, so that has to be added. Otherwise, the number of nuts with content will not be many.
I had high hopes for taking cuttings the coming spring. I just found an article explaining that I would need to use a rooting hormone in order to be successful. I'm not sure yet how I could get hold of that. Perhaps Amazon. I'm looking forward to some experimenting.
Layering is my mother's favourite method of propagating red and black currants. Just a branch and a suitable stone, and we're in business.
@@tarjei99 I used to use clonex gel it is really easy to use but like I say I’ve never had much luck at all with hazel cuttings that’s why I started trying growing from nuts and it’s been so much better