I have quite a few butternut trees and shagbark hickorys on my property we just purchased here in Pennsylvania, I am so excited to have so many nut trees around our home to share with our family and friends.
I have a Butternut Tree in my yard in Southern New Hampshire. It was encroaching on a garage and was scheduled to be cut down before I knew how rare it is. I will tera down the garage instead and rebuild away from the tree.
I remember collecting butternuts with Grandpa once in the 70's. It was a large mature tree in some friendly old widow's backyard. I remember he generously praised/bragged on her quite rare and fine tree in front of her, and she seemed proud and pleased that he appreciated it so much. Grandma (born in late 1800's!), who was unabashedly a 100% skilled pure housewife as her occupation with a lifetime of expertly-honed Indiana type culinary skills (including extensive canning) in her toolbag, transformed the harvest into butternut pies. ...not experimental pies, she knew exactly what she was doing. I never saw another butternut tree in my life.
Thanks for sharing that story! I can almost smell the pies baking although I’ve never tasted butternut. These trees are definitely more common in the Midwest although the butternut canker has greatly impacted them.
Another identifier is the butternut/white walnut leaflets are directly opposite each other. Whereas the black walnut leaflets are slightly staggered by about 1/4" or so. redrok
I live in central New Brunswick Canada, I know a spot where there are 30-50 mature butternut trees and thousands of saplings. I knew this place as a kid and actually went there this spring to look around and was there last night and picked a 5 gallon pail in the matter of minutes.
@@littletreefarmns I don't know about Nova-Scotia, but I can find Juglans nigra and Juglans cinerea readily in good garden centers in Quebec. I do work in a garden that has a few large specimens and weed out saplings almost everyday because the squirrels bury these nuts everywhere.
I live in north central Indiana on my family homestead. My grandfather had several nut trees on the property. We still have pecan, black and white walnut as well as English walnut. Of them all my favorite and the healthiest is our butternut. It has a massive beautiful canopy.
Hello I am in western North Carolina a little bit south of Haywood county and I believe I’ve located at least one Butternut in the wild, and it was fruiting so there must be at least one more in the area. It may have been a planted tree but if so it was long ago, the land it’s on now is public property along a walking trail near the river and if there was ever a home site there it was long ago.
Thanks for the description - feel like I'm able to differentiate black walnut and butternut way more easily now. Granted, most butternut in the Owen Sound area of Ontario are now dead from butternut canker 😭
Very cool. I have two or three of these in my yard here in West Virginia. I believe the larger one has some sort of infection sadly. They produce a few hundred nuts each year. I'll no longer toss the seeds. Thanks for the video.
plant them, get a shovel and lift up dirt and put nut in and let go of shovel lifted dirt, my father did this with black walnuts and they are all growing for the next two generations... plant a few in different areas to hope for their survival...
It's very mild indeed, I probably wouldn't be able to tell it apart from a regular walnut except for its shape. Black walnut is incredible though, its taste really blew me away and it's been my favourite nut ever since I had the chance to taste it.
Could it be that the air and water quality have also made the trees sick? My understanding is that pests attack sick trees . So if you start by giving them the nutrients that they need, and clean water, that should help them survive. I'm originally from California where we grew lots of walnuts. I am not pleased that there are so many pecans out here in the east, but not walnuts. I found this looking for walnuts in the Eastern US. I am here in NC too. Would love to see these trees prosper.
Pretty sure I just found one of these here in Central Pennsylvania. Was having a hard time identifying it. Just randomly started growing in the middle of my garden
How well does butternut handle coppicing? It seems every walnut tree I've cut down will come back up with three to five more out of the old root. I do this with the intention of harvesting the wood in the winter to prevent totally killing the tree. I should check to see if I have any Butternut trees among the black walnuts. I'm in Cleveland County NC.
Hi I live in Poland and I bought Juglans Nigra, I have already Juglans regia, and from seed I have Juglans cinerea. Can those trees pollinate each other, or maybe thoes do not need others trees for pollinations? It is rare tree in here, so I don't have many informations about these... Thx in advance.
I have quite a few butternut trees and shagbark hickorys on my property we just purchased here in Pennsylvania, I am so excited to have so many nut trees around our home to share with our family and friends.
I have a Butternut Tree in my yard in Southern New Hampshire. It was encroaching on a garage and was scheduled to be cut down before I knew how rare it is. I will tera down the garage instead and rebuild away from the tree.
I remember collecting butternuts with Grandpa once in the 70's. It was a large mature tree in some friendly old widow's backyard. I remember he generously praised/bragged on her quite rare and fine tree in front of her, and she seemed proud and pleased that he appreciated it so much. Grandma (born in late 1800's!), who was unabashedly a 100% skilled pure housewife as her occupation with a lifetime of expertly-honed Indiana type culinary skills (including extensive canning) in her toolbag, transformed the harvest into butternut pies. ...not experimental pies, she knew exactly what she was doing. I never saw another butternut tree in my life.
Everything Grandma made was the best you ever had.
Thanks for sharing that story! I can almost smell the pies baking although I’ve never tasted butternut. These trees are definitely more common in the Midwest although the butternut canker has greatly impacted them.
Another identifier is the butternut/white walnut leaflets are directly opposite each other.
Whereas the black walnut leaflets are slightly staggered by about 1/4" or so.
redrok
Excellent, thanks!
I live in central New Brunswick Canada, I know a spot where there are 30-50 mature butternut trees and thousands of saplings. I knew this place as a kid and actually went there this spring to look around and was there last night and picked a 5 gallon pail in the matter of minutes.
Can i grt the address? Im in nova scotia and would like a few to grow
@@littletreefarmns I don't know about Nova-Scotia, but I can find Juglans nigra and Juglans cinerea readily in good garden centers in Quebec. I do work in a garden that has a few large specimens and weed out saplings almost everyday because the squirrels bury these nuts everywhere.
I live in north central Indiana on my family homestead. My grandfather had several nut trees on the property. We still have pecan, black and white walnut as well as English walnut. Of them all my favorite and the healthiest is our butternut. It has a massive beautiful canopy.
Hello I am in western North Carolina a little bit south of Haywood county and I believe I’ve located at least one Butternut in the wild, and it was fruiting so there must be at least one more in the area. It may have been a planted tree but if so it was long ago, the land it’s on now is public property along a walking trail near the river and if there was ever a home site there it was long ago.
Thanks for the description - feel like I'm able to differentiate black walnut and butternut way more easily now. Granted, most butternut in the Owen Sound area of Ontario are now dead from butternut canker 😭
I have several of these on my property in upstate NY. The squirrels fill my shed with the nuts in the winter
I have a 30ft white walnut in my ward, didn't even realize until today 🎉😊 - in CT
Very cool. I have two or three of these in my yard here in West Virginia. I believe the larger one has some sort of infection sadly. They produce a few hundred nuts each year. I'll no longer toss the seeds. Thanks for the video.
plant them, get a shovel and lift up dirt and put nut in and let go of shovel lifted dirt, my father did this with black walnuts and they are all growing for the next two generations... plant a few in different areas to hope for their survival...
To me they taste better than black walnut. I wouldn't call it strong at all. I'd say mild buttery taste.
It's very mild indeed, I probably wouldn't be able to tell it apart from a regular walnut except for its shape. Black walnut is incredible though, its taste really blew me away and it's been my favourite nut ever since I had the chance to taste it.
I have a 70 year old butternut in my backyard. Dropped nearly 2 wheelbarrow fulls of nut this year.
Could it be that the air and water quality have also made the trees sick? My understanding is that pests attack sick trees . So if you start by giving them the nutrients that they need, and clean water, that should help them survive. I'm originally from California where we grew lots of walnuts. I am not pleased that there are so many pecans out here in the east, but not walnuts. I found this looking for walnuts in the Eastern US. I am here in NC too. Would love to see these trees prosper.
Pretty sure I just found one of these here in Central Pennsylvania. Was having a hard time identifying it. Just randomly started growing in the middle of my garden
How well does butternut handle coppicing? It seems every walnut tree I've cut down will come back up with three to five more out of the old root. I do this with the intention of harvesting the wood in the winter to prevent totally killing the tree. I should check to see if I have any Butternut trees among the black walnuts. I'm in Cleveland County NC.
I found one walking around the neighborhood on Halloween while taking the kids trick or treating. I'm in Nova Scotia.
How close can we plant them together?
So...would you say that one should not plant this tree in North Carolina? Oxford to be specific. Please reply. Thanks.
NC State Extension doesn't recommend it due to its susceptibility to disease. More info here: plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/juglans-cinerea/
Hi
I live in Poland and I bought Juglans Nigra, I have already Juglans regia, and from seed I have Juglans cinerea. Can those trees pollinate each other, or maybe thoes do not need others trees for pollinations?
It is rare tree in here, so I don't have many informations about these...
Thx in advance.
Black walnut and Juglans Regia do not hybridize. I believe that is true of J.regia. I believe all of the species you listed require a pollinator.
@@Biophile23 Thx for answer.
I don't hear a North Carolina accent.