Walnuts and Oaks

first walnut germinated in the fridge, stratifying all winter. Black walnut collected in zone 3 is tricky to find, and pushes the northern boundary for nut producing trees. #blackwalnuts

germinating last summer, black walnut top left, butternut bottom left, small one in center is japanese walnut (heartnut), buartnut on right (hybrid of heartnut x butternut)

planting some zone 3 black walnuts today, trying some in trays. added squirrel defences #walnut #blackwalnut #blackwalnutseeds

various Bur oak acorns. The largest were from large old trees. #acorns #buroak

potting up our germination test from months back, the small oaks have been alive and fine just in a dish with a small amount of water and paper towel on the window sill, a few pine cones for mulch. kind of resilient.

walnut trees from @prairiehardynursery leading out. excited to grow these.

our air prune beds for American plums and acorns. these were level to the top in the snow last week, it’s melting fast