I ordered hazelnut seedlings (5) last year from a famous nursery. I received 3 rooted cuttings 10 inches tall for $45. They grew a little then died. This spring I ordered seedlings from an Etsy vendor. I got 20 well rooted seedlings that are 24-36 inches tall for $30. They are all leafing out and are growing very well. The big difference between the companies is that the etsy vendor had pictures of their much bigger seedlings and guaranteed their product which the famous garden company did not.
I have really lousy soil - fertile clay mixed with sandstone chunks with no organics in it. My town in western Kentucky sits on top of a huge aquifer. I get about 50 inches of rain/year and I am at USDA Zone 7. I think my drainage is ok due to the sandstone chunks. I have decided to stick to woody shrubs and trees to plant in my 0.6 acre lot. Hazelnut bushes (Winkler) appeal to me because I need something tough, hardy, that I do not have to dig a big hole to plant. I also am planning to plant elderberry bushes, dwarf service berry trees and a few pawpaw trees. My vegetable garden is going to be in pots and above ground planters. It is great to be able to see a video showing the stages of hazelnut shrub growth. There are a few cultivars of white oak that have acorns that are not bitter. The acorn meat is a complete protein. Most acorns, especially red oaks, need to be leached in several changes of water of a few weeks to get rid of the tannins.
@@littletreefarmns Going lovely. The plants I selected from, were on a family homestead that was in our family for a very long time. I'm not sure if they were cultivar parents, but they produce huge crops and have a decent sized nut. We try and only grow the largest nuts, hopefully selecting for that trait, but who knows. we are doing really well with them and I don't anticipate a time where I replace my current hazels with named varieties!
It's wonderful that you take us on a walk on your farm to show the hazelnuts! They're one of my favorites, I plan to plant as many as I can. I've read that they are very good to prevent erosion as well. Thank you for the inspiration and have a great day, Akiva!
I only have 2 producing hazelnuts, but have 50+ planted recently. Some from seed and some different varieties from other sources. I’ve heard of hazelnut milk but haven’t tried it yet. Thanks for your video. It makes me want to plant more hazelnuts!🌰
I think of them as Emergency Sustenance. When relatively mature - we prune ours to 8 feet tall, 10 ft diameter to keep everything in hand reach without ladders/tools) ... each individual plant will throw off more than a full day's calories for one person that can be gathered in about 10 minutes. We started out with 6 different varieties and propagated our own to about 150 on the property and several hundreds in surrounding land around the county. Assured food source. ALSO: Count on about 3 years storage. They'll start goin' wonky then ... and by year 5 you'll have near 100% garbage. Hardly "forever" ... but just about as good as it gets for free, easy, storage, nutritious calories with the diffuicult-to'-find-in-the-gardens fats & oils. We do mostly stool layering of "the good ones" and random seedlings from seed to mix genetics and try to find more "good ones".
Love this! I planted my first hazelnuts this year. I’m wanting to plant a lot more. Are you selling any that I can buy in bulk to start from seed? Thanks!
Awesome video! I'm planning a few swales on a slope right now - good to know late summer is a good time for that. What is your spacing between plants and rows up there?
Great video and lovely hazel orchard. Where are you located? I'm in Canada in zone 5a in a heavy clay. Most of mine started bearing nuts in 6 years with a full bumper crop in year 8. I planted mine 10-12 feet apart. That gives me room to mow around each bush but allows the sun to fully illuminate each without shade. Thumbs up and a sub. Cheers!
Have you ever encounter the Curculio Nucum ? Here we just cannot harvest a single nut since every one of them are attacked . Nice Video as always , we love them , thx again !!
Squirrels get all mine, much better not to put all your nuts in one basket (so to speak) and have a variety of crops and styles as monocultures tend to invite disaster in my opinion. There is certainly an option for grazing or hay making between the rows to improve the fertility and maximise the potential of the land to produce food.
Ive heard they are a favorite for the deer. Any trouble with that? Doesn't look like you've had much of an issue.. granted, you've planted a lot of them (maybe thats the key?).
I live in Alabama will hazelnuts live in northeast Alabama? I have never seen them for sale here at any of the nurseries in my area. Thank you and very much enjoy your channel. It has become a favorite of mine. God Bless!
Why not use a simple 2 gang moldboard plow to make the swales? I am using it to make mine and it goes way faster than using a front loader with less compaction in the surrounding area as well I would imagine
Thanks for your video! You inspirit us to grow more hazel! :D Can you propagate them by nut when it's hybrid or do you do it by stool layering? (if that's the right term) Good luck from Ireland
I was just told that growing by nut seed sometimes produces a "not a normal nut" but i dont want to believe it. Its a plant. It should produce good nuts.
I noticed for the first time this year that we have hazelnuts growing all throughout the forests where I am in BC. But you'll never see one single nut because the squirrels get every single one. I'd love to grow a row of them, but what would be the point with squirrels around?
I have a lovely young (8 year) hazel orchard. Had a bumper crop with about 6 quarts per bush in 2021. Squirrels ate every last nut before they were even starting to ripen. This year I have a new dog and recipe book for hazel stuffed squirrel.
To germinate we just bury a 5 gallon bucket full of soil, holes drilledfor drainage. Mix nuts throughout the soil. 3 or 4 inches of autumn leaves covering the buried bucket to keep from super deep freeze. Dig up mid March. About 1/3 will already have little root tails poking out. We pot those up and wait on the rest. They'll sprout in the next 4 or 5 weeks. Pretty much what we do for all nuts. Walnut. Hazel. Pecan. You name it. We first tried just burying without the bucket, but mice , voles, squirrels, Chipmunks will eat them. This keeps them in the ground, where Mother Nature intended germination to happen, subject to the necessary cold hours as well as the water cycle of natural rains. We do our fruit seeds this way, too.
Anyone have any problems with deer eating the hazlenut trees or do you just try and cage them all. There are no cages on his, from what I can see, but it looks like he plants a large amount.
Yes and rabbits. They don’t eat the whole bush but it does affect production. I’ve started putting cages around mine so they have a chance to grow bigger.
Yes, I've been caging most of them, since I've only planted about 7 so far. But I've germinated a bunch of seed this year, so I may have more hazel shrubs than I can protect once I plant them out. I may need a different method to protect them soon.
I'm planting Hazels, chestnuts and walnuts.
Survival preps.
I ordered hazelnut seedlings (5) last year from a famous nursery. I received 3 rooted cuttings 10 inches tall for $45. They grew a little then died. This spring I ordered seedlings from an Etsy vendor. I got 20 well rooted seedlings that are 24-36 inches tall for $30. They are all leafing out and are growing very well. The big difference between the companies is that the etsy vendor had pictures of their much bigger seedlings and guaranteed their product which the famous garden company did not.
I have really lousy soil - fertile clay mixed with sandstone chunks with no organics in it. My town in western Kentucky sits on top of a huge aquifer. I get about 50 inches of rain/year and I am at USDA Zone 7. I think my drainage is ok due to the sandstone chunks. I have decided to stick to woody shrubs and trees to plant in my 0.6 acre lot. Hazelnut bushes (Winkler) appeal to me because I need something tough, hardy, that I do not have to dig a big hole to plant. I also am planning to plant elderberry bushes, dwarf service berry trees and a few pawpaw trees. My vegetable garden is going to be in pots and above ground planters. It is great to be able to see a video showing the stages of hazelnut shrub growth.
There are a few cultivars of white oak that have acorns that are not bitter. The acorn meat is a complete protein. Most acorns, especially red oaks, need to be leached in several changes of water of a few weeks to get rid of the tannins.
Thanks so much Akiva! I've been growing Hazelnuts from seed for the past few years. Thanks for this video!
How have your hazelnut bushes been going after a few years?
Are they comparable to the parent plant?
What types?
@@littletreefarmns Going lovely. The plants I selected from, were on a family homestead that was in our family for a very long time. I'm not sure if they were cultivar parents, but they produce huge crops and have a decent sized nut. We try and only grow the largest nuts, hopefully selecting for that trait, but who knows. we are doing really well with them and I don't anticipate a time where I replace my current hazels with named varieties!
It's wonderful that you take us on a walk on your farm to show the hazelnuts! They're one of my favorites, I plan to plant as many as I can. I've read that they are very good to prevent erosion as well.
Thank you for the inspiration and have a great day, Akiva!
You made a new video! So great to see you making content again.
Wow the American hazelnuts are beautiful and I’m not rlly smart and your growing hazelnuts amazing pure amaze👍👍🌰🌰 keep up da amazing work lol
I love your videos, I check every day. Thanks for all your knowledge and Work. Planting food for centuries!
I only have 2 producing hazelnuts, but have 50+ planted recently. Some from seed and some different varieties from other sources. I’ve heard of hazelnut milk but haven’t tried it yet. Thanks for your video. It makes me want to plant more hazelnuts!🌰
I planted 6 last year. Let’s hope they do well in my reclaimed gravel pit
thanks so much for your posts, very helpful
I think of them as Emergency Sustenance. When relatively mature - we prune ours to 8 feet tall, 10 ft diameter to keep everything in hand reach without ladders/tools) ... each individual plant will throw off more than a full day's calories for one person that can be gathered in about 10 minutes. We started out with 6 different varieties and propagated our own to about 150 on the property and several hundreds in surrounding land around the county. Assured food source.
ALSO: Count on about 3 years storage. They'll start goin' wonky then ... and by year 5 you'll have near 100% garbage. Hardly "forever" ... but just about as good as it gets for free, easy, storage, nutritious calories with the diffuicult-to'-find-in-the-gardens fats & oils.
We do mostly stool layering of "the good ones" and random seedlings from seed to mix genetics and try to find more "good ones".
Thanks for sharing! I think I am going to plant some nuts I purchased this year and grow a few trees from seed.
Thank you for all the information you share.
how'd you keep the deer from eating your seedlings?
Really cool, thinking of planting some of these next year
Thanks for the inspiration. I will be planting a couple of rows this year
Super helpful video. I have the same wet clay soil so the ditches are a great idea I will do the same thing
Haha!!! I have catkins this fall!!!!😊
Does one have to soak the seed for planting ? Thanks
Love this! I planted my first hazelnuts this year. I’m wanting to plant a lot more. Are you selling any that I can buy in bulk to start from seed? Thanks!
Yeah, we sell them through our website www.twisted-tree.net
Twisted Tree Farm Thanks! I just ordered :)
Awesome video! I'm planning a few swales on a slope right now - good to know late summer is a good time for that. What is your spacing between plants and rows up there?
Great video and lovely hazel orchard. Where are you located? I'm in Canada in zone 5a in a heavy clay. Most of mine started bearing nuts in 6 years with a full bumper crop in year 8. I planted mine 10-12 feet apart. That gives me room to mow around each bush but allows the sun to fully illuminate each without shade. Thumbs up and a sub. Cheers!
Hi, thx for the vid! We want more!!! 👍
How many plants would you suggest for a family of 5 to have enough harvest? Really like the video!
Have you ever encounter the Curculio Nucum ? Here we just cannot harvest a single nut since every one of them are attacked . Nice Video as always , we love them , thx again !!
Tree frogs may eat them , vernal ponds may increase their numbers so they can predate hopefully
Squirrels get all mine, much better not to put all your nuts in one basket (so to speak) and have a variety of crops and styles as monocultures tend to invite disaster in my opinion. There is certainly an option for grazing or hay making between the rows to improve the fertility and maximise the potential of the land to produce food.
Ive heard they are a favorite for the deer. Any trouble with that? Doesn't look like you've had much of an issue.. granted, you've planted a lot of them (maybe thats the key?).
thank you for the information,, tips,, and insperation,, you might be able to graze sheep and chickens between the rows also i am guessing
Will these thrive around black walnut trees? My .4 acre lot is lined with black walnut but I want to grow as much food as possible on it..
I’d really like to see all of your tools etc
How do you keep the deer from getting at them?
How do you keep the deer from eating that bush and the nuts?
I live in Alabama will hazelnuts live in northeast Alabama? I have never seen them for sale here at any of the nurseries in my area. Thank you and very much enjoy your channel. It has become a favorite of mine. God Bless!
I'm growing them in north central Mississippi. Be prepared to cook squirrel stew.
@@cindylou62I am thinking of them in terms of wild game habitat.
What is your hazelnut orchard elevation from sea level and which varieties are you growing
Why not use a simple 2 gang moldboard plow to make the swales? I am using it to make mine and it goes way faster than using a front loader with less compaction in the surrounding area as well I would imagine
Thanks for your video! You inspirit us to grow more hazel! :D Can you propagate them by nut when it's hybrid or do you do it by stool layering? (if that's the right term) Good luck from Ireland
I was just told that growing by nut seed sometimes produces a "not a normal nut" but i dont want to believe it. Its a plant. It should produce good nuts.
do you coppice or pollard your trees?
When you say that these are the easiest to grow, do you mean if i fail these i should give up gardening?
Hazelnut can grow in Texas zones?
How much do the deer like/eat them? We have a lot of deer here in Central New Jersey.
I am growing mine as trees. But they sucker a lot. If I let them just sucker do I get bushes like you?
When can we order some? Can I root them by laying them down and covering the branch?
Root layering is a common practice.
What country is it?
I noticed for the first time this year that we have hazelnuts growing all throughout the forests where I am in BC. But you'll never see one single nut because the squirrels get every single one. I'd love to grow a row of them, but what would be the point with squirrels around?
Mark Shepard of new forest farm harvest them before fully mature and dries them in his barn , then possess them. Plus he grows hundreds of thousands
I have a lovely young (8 year) hazel orchard. Had a bumper crop with about 6 quarts per bush in 2021. Squirrels ate every last nut before they were even starting to ripen. This year I have a new dog and recipe book for hazel stuffed squirrel.
Do you do anything besides cold stratify the seed before planting?
@Disabled-Megatron, 😁👍🏻 Rascally creatures, those.
How do you germinate your hazelnut seeds? I ordered some and am looking forward to next year!
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Just leave them protected throughout winter and fall, and they should pop up in spring.
@@John-hp2hg thanks. I have a ton of wild beaked hazelnuts on my property they taste great but are very small.
Where did you get the seed?
To germinate we just bury a 5 gallon bucket full of soil, holes drilledfor drainage. Mix nuts throughout the soil. 3 or 4 inches of autumn leaves covering the buried bucket to keep from super deep freeze. Dig up mid March. About 1/3 will already have little root tails poking out. We pot those up and wait on the rest. They'll sprout in the next 4 or 5 weeks.
Pretty much what we do for all nuts. Walnut. Hazel. Pecan. You name it.
We first tried just burying without the bucket, but mice , voles, squirrels, Chipmunks will eat them.
This keeps them in the ground, where Mother Nature intended germination to happen, subject to the necessary cold hours as well as the water cycle of natural rains.
We do our fruit seeds this way, too.
Our soil is 100 percent sand and I've had very poor success with hazels here in SW Michigan.
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Anyone have success growing hazelnuts in Colorado? I have a few in my yard (American). After one summer not much growth but they are alive at least.
How can I find seed
We sell it in the fall. September 1st every year seed goes on sale. www.twisted-tree.net
Can you grow hazelnuts in Ohio 🇺🇲
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Anyone have any problems with deer eating the hazlenut trees or do you just try and cage them all. There are no cages on his, from what I can see, but it looks like he plants a large amount.
Yes and rabbits. They don’t eat the whole bush but it does affect production. I’ve started putting cages around mine so they have a chance to grow bigger.
Yes, I've been caging most of them, since I've only planted about 7 so far. But I've germinated a bunch of seed this year, so I may have more hazel shrubs than I can protect once I plant them out. I may need a different method to protect them soon.
Leave some for wildlife. Better to choose natives ❤
Feed the wildlife and the wildlife will feed you.😇