Best Yielding Hazelnut Varieties on Gubb Farm in 2021
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2021
- In February 2020 we planted two-year-old Cosford, Nottingham and Webb's Prize hazelnut trees. We harvested the trees in October 2021 at three years of age, to see what variety produced the most nuts and the largest nuts, at this early stage in their growth. We want to track the yield over time from the different varieties to identify which trees should be cloned for future planting and to identify which varieties are best suited to the climatic conditions in Fermanagh in Northern Ireland.
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Great to see, well done Dary!
Thank you Jane. 👍
Drying nuts is the worst idea because this means they are no longer fresh. Especially if dried by a high heat.
I love buying fresh hazelnuts from the polish shop with shells intact. They are divine. White flesh and white outer skin. Nothing compares to them. Store bought hazelnuts and horrible compared to fresh nuts. I love your channel, your project and your goal. It's definitely a hole in the market that needs filling here in Ireland! :)
That is a very interesting perspective. I would agree that excessive heat breaks down the oils, so now I am left wondering why producers dry their nuts if there is no need to do so. Maybe it is because of limited storage options such as refrigeration or air tight container in days gone by. I am going to have to experiment now with different storage techniques. Thank you. 👍
Hello Labhaoise. After your comment, I decided to do a taste test comparing fresh nuts that had just fallen off a tree to nuts that I have dried for 7 days at room temperature.
The fresh nut was very crunchy and a little tart/raw (I'm struggling to find the words to describe it). The dried nut however broke down well when chewed and had a lovely long creamy after taste.
My primary motivator for drying them after that first experiment is to improve the texture and flavour, but that is based on my taste preferences and it is likely to vary from person to person.
More research into alternative storage techniques and the impact on texture and flavour is required!
@@GubbFarm Hello! I come from Slovenia and now live and farm in Irelad. Shop bought hazelnuts have nothing to do with correctly dried ones. What we did in Slovenia after harvest was drying nuts in single stack ( do not make a pile) in crates with holes in the bottom. Out in the sun douring the day! never inside! Even in Ireland! You can make a little shelter if it rains... and indors over night to prLove event temperature shock! we never peeled Hazel for customers, or any nut for that matter ( almond, wallnut) ..only brakr the test ones from the crate. And sell shelled! Longer freshnes for the product!! We sold nut brakers as well!!! Love what You are doing and I wish You many Happy returns with Your Yeld!!!
@@123petha That is very interesting. It does look like how you dry the nuts makes a big difference in flavour. Thanks for that. All the best.
Thanks for sharing the results
That is great to hear Neal. Thank you. All the best. 👍
Very precocious hazels!
Indeed!
Nice you started getting something. I wouldn't have expected anything for at least another year. Looking forward to the taste testing.
Hello Steve. It is good to see some evidence of yield going. In the US, the Oregon State University guidelines are that Hazelnut trees might produce a few nuts when they are 2 or 3 years old, but they are not considered commercially productive until 4 to 5 years of age. Time will tell. I hope all is well with you. All the best.
Love this watched with my 4yr old and he would like to say the hazelnuts we picked today were empty. So you might get some empty ones.xx
That is lovely to hear Maida. You can tell him I did indeed find an empty nut, but only one so far!
Best wishes Maida to you and your son and I hope all is well.
Hey you make Videos again Thats great btw Good video 👍
Hello Jonas and thank you. It is good to hear from you and I hope all is well. All the best.
@@GubbFarm well it's not that good at the moment, but I'll be fine
Sorry to hear that Jonas.
Good to see some fruits from labour 👍🏻 cutting schedule for rushes is July and August,will be good to see if the trees change the conditions of the ground to be less favourable for the rushes, thinking of you mulching rows with interplanted berries would take alot of input and time ,I made a point of mulching blackcurrants this year twice with compost and twice with hay ,they responded great but the grasses and plantains crept in , it all takes time and effort to do these tasks,you have alot of trees to care for ,look forward to seeing more videos Dary 👍🏻
Hello Shambles. There is a lot of grass growth through my woodchip mulch within a year of applying it, however there is also a lot of fungi activity around the trees, so hopefully the trees can get the nutrients they need.
Hopefully between mowing and the trees drying out the ground, the rushes will recede over time.
Did you get much fruit from your blackcurrants this year? Fingers crossed I will progress my interplanting this winter.
I hope all is well and thanks for the words of encouragement. All the best.
Everything is good , still building customer base ,had a good response this year ,wish I had more produce in the ground for sale ,will push me on now to do more next year , still a touch of rootfly but not as devastating as last year , plenty of blackcurrants (only so many the better half can sort) you need netting to guarantee a harvest and I think netting before a certain butterfly lands would help with yield, out of 15 blueberry cuttings taken at the start of the year put in sand only 3 have leaves, zero elderberry took from over 20 cuttings that were stuck in a compost bag 😔 did manage to get new growth from large branch of elderberry that I half buried in the hedge, roughly 60% of raspberries took that were put outside ,zero took from large tote of compost/soil in the tunnel , so still plenty to learn here 😁
You want them hens eating the grass save you money and convert into more , no problem selling eggs
That is very interesting. I have only tried propagating willow and blackcurrant from cuttings and have a low success rate of around 25% for both. My one raspberry was dug up by a badger, so I have to go and have another go at growing them. Like you said, still plenty to learn. All the best.
Great success here with blackcurrants placed in a vase of water in the back kitchen window( South facing)couple of leaves, till roots appear and then pot on, and about 80% just jammed in the ground, could have been lucky, get in touch for cuttings should easy have 40 +
Would it help to put a piece of brown cardboard around the base of the tree after you mow in Sept? This would keep grass and weeds down, could possibly make it easier to spot fallen nuts and will break down in the soil over time. Might be a difficult job at your scale though.
Hello Declan. Good to hear from you. I have been wrestling with whether or not to use cardboard because it is a lot of work to source and lay it.
I did a trial in March this year where I put down woodchip on cardboard versus just woodchip around some trees and the outcome was the same for both. They both greatly reduced grass growth but didn't stop it.
A slight concern I have around using cardboard is whether or not it will have a negative impact due to rain run off away from roots or the soil not being able to vent gases. I am really not sure as it was a passing observation as I drove by trees each day that I trialled the two options on. I felt the trees with just the woodchip looked healthier. At the moment I am lying towards not using cardboard when I go to mulch around the trees.. but that might change. I welcome you and others opinion on this.
All the best
Hi, I'm just about to relocate to Enniskillen with a plot of 15 acres. I'm very much interested in planting up a small orchard for fruit and nuts. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Hello Benny. I am just outside Newtownbutler, on Galloon Island across the water from Crom estate. Feel free to visit if you are passing.
@@GubbFarm thanks, that would be awesome! We should be in the new house within the month
Hi mate. Will you propagate new trees from cuttings or from the nuts?
Hello Peter. I will propagate the trees via layering and I will do a video on that soon. Hazelnut is very hard to propagate via cuttings and if you use their nuts, you will get a different variety depending on what tree pollinated the nut. If you propagate via layering, you will get a clone of the parent tree with similar properties to the parent. Hope all is well.
Hot dog! That's a great promise of what's coming?
I am somewhat elated to hear you dismiss the concept of monoculture. After what happened to the banana growers, we should all know better than to try it!
Great to hear from you; good luck with the winter. How cold does it get where you are?
Hello Bob and good to hear from you. I very much agree with your mono-culture comment. An interesting area of researching going forward will be to try and find the balance between diversity and high yield hazelnut varieties. Over the coming years I will be focusing on establishing a perennial permaculture orchard, primarily for diversity to manage threats, while hopefully also establishing other areas of income, such as jams / preserves from soft fruit.
As for temperature over the winter, occasionally it gets down below freezing, but the cloud cover generally keeps the temperature above freezing over the winter.
All the best.
Do you have squirrels? They're notorious for knowing the moment that a hazelnut is ripe and harvesting before the grower can get to them ;)
Hi Peter. For many years a mysterious red squirrel has been spotted in the area. But overall we don't have issues with squirrels because we have lots of Pine Martins (and Foxes). Grey squirrels can't deal with Pine Martins as they are too heavy and the Pine Martin can go where they go, whereas Red Squirrels are lighter and can walk out to the end of a branch to escape. All the best.
Were can I get Cosford hazelnuts that I can propagate ?
Do you sell them ?
Thanks a mil and good luck 🍀
Hello Craig. Food Tree near Ennis (www.foodtree.ie/) should be able to supply you with hazel trees. All the best.
Maybe this a stupid question, but can Hazelnuts be grown on boggy soil, as in peat bog?
Hello Liam. I don't know if they will grow in peat. I haven't seen any growing in a bog and typically the only type of tree around me that grows in those conditions are willow. If you try it, I would be interested in hearing how it works out.
All the best
Dary
@@GubbFarm Thanks Dary, I will try planting some native hazels and see how they get on