The growing time for a walnut tree to mature

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Walnut trees are prized for their tasty nuts and their dark, close grained wood. The nutritious fruit is a mainstay of squirrels diets, and many a tree has sprung up from a walnut that was buried for later use by a squirrel and then forgotten about. Walnut trees do well in the rich soils of the Midwest and the south. The graceful, large tree grows to over 150 feet tall and matures at 4 feet in diameter.

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1. 10 to 20 Years

   • From a seed newly germinated to beginning to produce its own fruit takes a walnut tree between 10 to 20 years. The production picks up after 30 years of growth. This compares similarly to the oak tree, which begins producing acorns at 20 to 30 years. Planting a walnut grove is a long-term investment while waiting for them to mature.

   Planting Walnuts

   • Planting walnuts are easy, once the husk is taken off. It is not necessary to do so, as nature still grows trees even if the husk is on, but it may make germination easier. Gather nuts as they fall in the autumn. Use a hammer or other hard object to break the husk. Inserting a screwdriver or chisel into a crack can sometimes allow you to pry it apart. The husks can stain skin black and it takes several weeks to wear off so wear gloves when handling the fruit.

   Germination

   • Some nuts do not have any fruit inside them. Drop the case into a bowl of water and if it floats it is empty inside. Set the viable cases down into the soil about 6 inches during autumn. The nut has to freeze over before it will become viable. Squirrels are good at detecting buried nuts so using several in different spots gives you the best opportunity to see one come up. If everything goes correctly you should have half of them germinate.

   Phytotoxic Tree

   • Do not plant walnuts too close to where you want other plants to grow. Walnut trees produce a toxin that some other plants are sensitive to. Nightshades such as tomatoes and potatoes, fruit like blackberry, grapes and apples, and flowers such as lilac, hydrangea and chrysanthemum all suffer too near a walnut tree. Walnuts also negatively affect other trees such as Norway and Scotch pines. This even extends to long after the tree dies and is removed.

Source: www.ehow.com

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