In the future, if you have to move stuff over an area, consider using a snow sled. . . I used one for moving everything 'round the yard. .tools, dirt, rocks and yard waste. a good rope, and ur good to go.
I was 10years old when I thought I was planting pecans at the family Property turns out they were black walnuts 🤑 I have about 7 that have the 8ft+ section you mentioned
So exactly Who buys these trees? I have 7 trees that just died from Tree borers - They are over 100 feet tall, and have huge straight sections as you mentioned. I googled , but can't find people who actually buy them for the wood.
Depends on where you are. Look for smaller sawmills. Or search for people who buy standing timber. This is a place that came up when I searched in Michigan (my state). Don't know if they are good, just the top of my search. jimthetreebuyer.com/what-we-buy/
I germinated 30 walnuts, of which 3 ended up growing. They did one really strong phase, maybe 5-10 leafs each, then went dormant. This was almost a year ago, but the stalks are still green and the buds look healthy. Every now and then one bud will open a little, but then the now leaves turn black at the tips and slowly die
An additional crop would be hosta plants. They thrive under black walnut trees and are edible in spring (shoots) as well as sellable to landscapers and home gardeners. You can also harvest syrup from trees you won’t be selling, black walnut syrup.
So I have a walnut farmer friend who has 11 acres of English walnuts. The electricity to power the well water to water the trees, paying the pickers, paying for the equipment and paying for everything else to get the walnuts to the wholesaler now costs more than you make. The wholesaler only wants to pay $0.11 per lb now. What can someone do to stay in business to sell their walnuts?
Even if you grow a veneer log you will only get about $300 a log because someone has to cut it and transport it and mill it there’s not much room for profit. You can pay someone to dig it up in 15 years or so and sell mature trees for a few thousand bucks but trees with more trunks and low branches sell for more than trees grown for lumber.
?? Who has to cut it and kiln it? Who has been teaching you things snake boy?? 😂 Roll up those sleeves Jimmy rig a sanding / saw horse and get to work - a raw edge, lightly sanded black walnut goes for $2200 AVG 2” x 30” at about 7 ft (Restaurants and residential demand is high! Live edge bars, man cave diy anniversary crap, sports plaques, kitchen wares, crafters 😊 list goes on!) 👀 prove it? Okay look on Etsy 23k sold in 2 years - a one inch crap cut slab by 12” for $39. Seriously - forage your back woods city / fed owned land while mushroom hunting 😅. Find a down tree and harvest a small piece - see how fast it sells online! I promise! It’s nuts. (No pun intended 😉)
I subscribed to your channel from this one video :). I enjoy your lighthearted personality, in this video especially due to your “and this is a tree....and this is a tree....” etc. You had me rolling with laughter :). Trying to live off your own property and food can be challenging but exciting and rewarding. Good luck with your food forest and the channel. Happy Anniversary to you and your wife. And you do you with the nails....I love seeing your authentic personality without filter :)
I have a huge black walnut tree and have found one sprouted nut so far. The dang horse chestnut tree sprouts far more readily. Now I have a retirement plan... At 51 today, I'm guessing it's more of a retirement plan for my kids but why not!
The nuts take a couple years to sprout sometimes. The thick circle of little trees is a pile of nuts I raked 2 years ago. Just sprouted this year. It's always good to invest in the future!
Great job on this video, black walnuts a money tree retirement plan. Google said 1 acre of walnuts is worth over $100k, I'm fixing to plant 9ver 200 wallnut trees around the perimeters of my bamboo farm for my son life insurance sort to speak. ;) love your video wish I had lots trees like u to plant
while they are small take off all lower limbs so there want be a limb lower than 9 ft at maturity (no knots to plug when they make panling mega $$$$$$ knots will lower price greatly let buyers bid on standing timber
Good idea for the food forest. I've been thinking. Maybe plant in clumps. Each 'clump' has 3-5 guilds 10-15 trees. Then set up a rabbit hutch sheltered under the trees. Rabbit droppings are gold and you can suplement their food with whatever happens to be growing in your guilds. Then you could put up a portable electric fence around each clump and run muscovy ducks or chickens in there for however long you need. Once the trees are big enough you could even run some pigs in under them. Let them eat up all the fruit and nuts you don't care to pick up.
Oh yessss!! Pigs love love love the black walnut. No more running to the fancy shamancy development (vomit) a mile down the road for “free food” Nope! My fat ole pot belly pink and black princess ehem, I mean QUEEN Milly has found her smart escapee butt a NEW sneak out sacred go to place - under the black walnut near the cow field. 😂😂 Cows just chat her up. Lol!!
If the trunk has an 8ft section with no branches and is big enough around you can get top dollar as veneer. Contact some saw mills or lumber companies and see if they are interested. You get the right person they will come cut it down and pay you for the wood.
Dig any seedlings out when they are no more than 2 years old. These suckers grow a deep, tough tap root and you will have one helluva hard time getting them out if you leave them alone. We had a 5 year old black walnut in the wrong place. My husband backed up to the tree, wrapped a heavy chain around the tree and hit the gas. That tree would not come out. It was a 3/4 ton truck. It is now 30 years later and our walnut tree is 50 feet high and 20+ inch diameter. The squirrels plant dozens of these every year. Come spring we’re going to tap the tree for syrup.
I totally forgot you could tap these for syrup! I've been doing Maple syrup for a couple years now. Haven't tried tapping the black walnut. Wish I would have remembered you could when I was making this video, I would have mentioned it!
Omg 2 minutes in and I'm laughing my nuts off ( I'm a chick) but in keeping with the theme. Thanks for the information, looking forward to perusing your channel.
Dang I don't even know how to comment on this other than you made all the points. I will say I have 3 mature Black Walnuts by my fruit trees and garden and haven't seen any affect although I have read about it.
Make sure to plant 2 or 3 rows and stagger them to help block wind, +use a damned wheelbarrow ya goober! xD That is the fastest growing tree native to North America so don't dilly dally! The wood value is insane too! 30 years is plenty of time for the project . . .
im in the planning phases of starting an orchard ill be putting on the back 2 acres of my place, working on a separate piece for chestnut and walnut trees (retirement fund). Also in michigan so its nice to follow along!
plant them 4 meters apart and they will self prune you can use this wood by stacking it in piles between the tree and grow mushrooms on them just another income form your trees also gin sing grows well under them in the shade again big money and a third option is that you have so many seedlings on your land have you ever thought about selling some of them.
“Always replace your divits.” -my dad (probably the nay time I listened to him) Don’t forget, you can also prune the big tree, put cut end of prunings in rooting hormones, plant those in the soil…. Get a couple hogs and train the hogs to eat the fallen walnuts. Can get syrup from the walnut trees. As the new walnut trees get bigger there will come a time you need to then them, walnut lumber is great income. (Watch youtube tree trimming videos, one guy purchased a walnut tree still standing for $56k)…
Thanks Twon/Twan ?. Very interesting. I just harvested a bunch of black walnuts and I plan on doing the whole cold stratification process and planting process so that I can have many seedlings to plant in my parent's property. I will look for some seedlings when I go out for more walnuts. Good video, keep going!
I would have planted them further apart. When they get 10 years old they will be destroying each other, by crisscrossing their branches. They grow wide.
Hello, you are rich and might be richer if you make sap or syrup from the black walnut do in the betwen the investment began to pay your rent you have syrup to sell, that's a great Business, gratulation!
Your projections might be a little too optimistic, but that's not the point. Better to have trees than more grass to mow. Better to have planted trees than spend your life wishing that you had planted trees all those years ago when you thought about it but didn't bother. You might not live long enough to see trees through their entire life, although it's motivation to do all that you can in order to increase the probability that you will live as long as possible, but you can transmit your appreciation for your trees and land to those around you so that maybe some will continue your legacy. Wood is neat but along the way you just might decide that you prefer to keep trees alive, prioritize that when possible, and still end up with more lumber than you know what to do with because trees sometimes break, fall, die, or need to be cleared or will die anyway. Also, cool time-lapse!
@@WarpedLegacy I also have started doing this, mostly thinking about their use for lumber in the future. But in addition, I am planting some other nut trees (pecan, almond, hazelnut, english walnut) because I find the black wanut shelling a bit too much.
I have a beautiful black walnut tree in my yard that I never eat the nuts but I plan to. I was wondering if you can tell WHERE I can find someone to buy the tree. TIA
Yard trees usually won't sell because they tend to have metal in them (nails, fencing, etc) that ruin saw blades at the mills. You may try locating wood workers directly.
I planted them too close on purpose. It encourages vertical growth. To get them big enough they need like 30+feet. I only have enough room for about 3 full size. I'll take them out as needed.
You put them *WAY* too close together. Probably OK to produce a windbreak near-term, but they will need thinned in (I'm guessing) a decade. So you need to plant them probably 40-50 feet apart for your wood harvest trees. Transplanting them to thin them out wouldn't be easy as they have strong taproots. As to nut harvests: (from Wikipedia) "The fruit production tends to occur irregularly with some years producing larger crops than others (see mast year). Fruiting may begin when the tree is 4-6 years old, but large crops take 20 years." As you have lots of free seedlings, I would transplant a BUNCH of them, in maybe a band 30-40' wide (maybe more depending on available land), and as long as you want the windbreak. Then you could thin them out in a few years (they would make nice walking/hiking staves). Continue to thin out the windbreak as needed, and plant new trees as the windbreak needs (and as replacements for the eventual harvest). It'll be interesting to see your windbreak in a few years (when it starts producing nuts). I hope your anniversary is a happy one. And I hope it's also happy for your wife!!!
Yeah. I planted them super close on purpose. As you said. It's for a windbreak. But also over planting them makes them reach higher faster. And I actually planted these way thinner than I want. I've got a few larger ones I am going to try and move in the fall when they go dormant. And this is going to be a good year for nuts. The big black walnut I have here produces heavily every other year. From most of my reading that is pretty common. Most of the nuts this year are going to be spread around the same area I planted these. So it's gonna be pretty thick with little trees, and I'll thin as needed. I like the walking stick idea! My anniversary was great! I got to surprise my wife with an unexpected date! (She was working at camp this week, and didn't think she was going to see me at all!). It was great!
At first I thought you were doing a montage in fast forward but then I realised, no, youyreyre'r just really fast 🙃 Love how green it is man, the place looks great! Also makes me want to go outside, dig some holes and plant some trees 🤗👌🏻💪🏻
It's not often I am called fast... I will accept it! Hopefully there will be more green soon! Do it! Plant something you can eat! You can probably grow tropical fruit! (That's exciting to me.... Probably boring for you... Lol). I just found out there is this thing called a hardy kiwi... It's an actual kiwi 🥝 that will survive Michigan Winters! It grows like grapes and has a thinner edible skin. I plan on getting some! Anniversary was great! Thanks!
Just moved in with a friend and they have about 10 black walnut trees so I've been researching.... You can also make syrup from the sap just like a maple, and stain for wood/clothes, just some ideas if you didn't know 😜
Yes. If you have access to 10 decent size trees you could get a decent amount of syrup. I've never tapped walnut. But I've been thinking about it for a while.
I know it's old. My grandpa used to own all the farm land surrounding the property, and he used to pile the big rocks he found in the field under this tree. Absolute minimum age would be 70 ish. But that's probably way young... It could easily be 100+... Idk how big it was when grandpa was putting rocks under it.
They put off something called juglone. Juglone is toxic to many plants. Not a huge deal if you have really good draining sandy soil, but if you don't have well draining soil it can build up and spread quite far from the tree. My soil is really well draining so it only really effects under the tree itself. And there are many plants that tolerate juglone with no problems.
These species of walnuts are becoming more scarce in the wilds of California. Mainly because people keep replacing them with english walnuts. We need these to stay as they are important to the ecology of California. The natives cared deeply for these trees.
If you are just looking for some nuts for seed... I would just suggest finding someone with a black walnut tree. I almost guarantee they will let you take some nuts. Might even pay you to clean the nuts out of their yard! Where are you located? My big walnut is in an off year (no nuts), but if you are close enough I'll let ya take a couple buckets of nuts next year.
I keep getting harassed by people that want to buy my walnut trees on my property in the city and I have a beautiful white Walnut on my property outside the city . Nasty trees
I've been wanting to grow some fruit trees. But recently found two black walnut trees. Thanks for the video. Im definitely going with black walnuts. Thanks again from an ole Mississippian.
Did you plant those trees far enough apart? I have about 6 acres with about 100 black walnut trees ranging in age from 100 years old to 6 months old. The two100 year old trees had children and those chidren had children and so on. Also when l was young, 50 years ago, I used to throw the walnuts as far as l could so trees grew wild in the open field. Some of those trees are too close together. My brother had the brilliant idea to take 2 black walnut tree saplings and plant them in his 100 ft by 150 ft lot 50 years ago. The trees are beautiful, straight and tall. My son, who owns my brother's property now will have to pay to have the trees removed as they are a danger to his property and the neighbors on either side. Black walnut yard trees are just a mess. You have a lot of room, give those saplings more space to grow. Hopefully you will find a buyer in 30 years.
No I did not plant them far enough apart, but I am going to thin them as they grow. Their main function right now will be a wine break. If his trees are big enough diameter, he should be able to find a lumber company to at least cut them down in exchange for the wood.
I 100% agree that walnut trees are definitely not good parking under shade trees. (If you care about dents that is) anywho... not sure how I never found your channel organically, as TH-cam definitely should have suggested it by now. Had to ask Tes nicely for your channel so I could stop over and subscribe.
Lol. Freaked me out for a moment. Couldn't figure out who you were or how you asked Tez anything... So I asked who's Stephen... And she just started laughing. Now that she has filled me in... Welcome to the channel! Glad you are enjoying it!
Mature trees in 20 years produce logs.... walnut is a beautiful desired wood, and logs can be very valuable..
How did the black walnut plants do? Did they survive? Are they big?
I'm milling Nor Cal Black Walnut. We live in an old Juglans Hindsii orchard. The colors are like good candy tastes......
In the future, if you have to move stuff over an area, consider using a snow sled. . . I used one for moving everything 'round the yard. .tools, dirt, rocks and yard waste. a good rope, and ur good to go.
😂 LOL STOP! 1:48 is literally me walking through my property pointing out “free” money makers to “harvest” lmao 🤣 😅
Black walnuts are delicious. A lot less meat than the typical English walnut, though, and tough to crack.
I was 10years old when I thought I was planting pecans at the family Property turns out they were black walnuts 🤑 I have about 7 that have the 8ft+ section you mentioned
I found value in the final comments! Love you, too, Mister! I wouldn’t trade the last eight years, either. Happy anniversary.
I love you Beautiful!
So exactly Who buys these trees? I have 7 trees that just died from Tree borers - They are over 100 feet tall, and have huge straight sections as you mentioned. I googled , but can't find people who actually buy them for the wood.
Depends on where you are. Look for smaller sawmills. Or search for people who buy standing timber. This is a place that came up when I searched in Michigan (my state). Don't know if they are good, just the top of my search.
jimthetreebuyer.com/what-we-buy/
I germinated 30 walnuts, of which 3 ended up growing. They did one really strong phase, maybe 5-10 leafs each, then went dormant. This was almost a year ago, but the stalks are still green and the buds look healthy.
Every now and then one bud will open a little, but then the now leaves turn black at the tips and slowly die
An additional crop would be hosta plants. They thrive under black walnut trees and are edible in spring (shoots) as well as sellable to landscapers and home gardeners. You can also harvest syrup from trees you won’t be selling, black walnut syrup.
Would like to see an update.
So I have a walnut farmer friend who has 11 acres of English walnuts. The electricity to power the well water to water the trees, paying the pickers, paying for the equipment and paying for everything else to get the walnuts to the wholesaler now costs more than you make. The wholesaler only wants to pay $0.11 per lb now. What can someone do to stay in business to sell their walnuts?
Even if you grow a veneer log you will only get about $300 a log because someone has to cut it and transport it and mill it there’s not much room for profit. You can pay someone to dig it up in 15 years or so and sell mature trees for a few thousand bucks but trees with more trunks and low branches sell for more than trees grown for lumber.
?? Who has to cut it and kiln it? Who has been teaching you things snake boy?? 😂 Roll up those sleeves Jimmy rig a sanding / saw horse and get to work - a raw edge, lightly sanded black walnut goes for $2200 AVG 2” x 30” at about 7 ft (Restaurants and residential demand is high! Live edge bars, man cave diy anniversary crap, sports plaques, kitchen wares, crafters 😊 list goes on!) 👀 prove it? Okay look on Etsy 23k sold in 2 years - a one inch crap cut slab by 12” for $39. Seriously - forage your back woods city / fed owned land while mushroom hunting 😅. Find a down tree and harvest a small piece - see how fast it sells online! I promise! It’s nuts. (No pun intended 😉)
My literal dream is to grow hazelnuts that produce black truffles
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@@BlackJesus8463 ikr
Try pecan truffles!
@@BlackJesus8463 there supposed to be something wrong with being a nerd?
@@flaffinator7307 naw
I subscribed to your channel from this one video :). I enjoy your lighthearted personality, in this video especially due to your “and this is a tree....and this is a tree....” etc. You had me rolling with laughter :). Trying to live off your own property and food can be challenging but exciting and rewarding. Good luck with your food forest and the channel. Happy Anniversary to you and your wife. And you do you with the nails....I love seeing your authentic personality without filter :)
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy the rest of my content! Seriously, this made my day a bit better! Thank you!
Lots of fun, lots of information. Thank you!
Your humor cracks me up.
I have a huge black walnut tree and have found one sprouted nut so far. The dang horse chestnut tree sprouts far more readily. Now I have a retirement plan... At 51 today, I'm guessing it's more of a retirement plan for my kids but why not!
The nuts take a couple years to sprout sometimes. The thick circle of little trees is a pile of nuts I raked 2 years ago. Just sprouted this year. It's always good to invest in the future!
I buy Walnut logs...top dollar paid...call 503 WAL-NUTS
this video is so wholesome and helpful the whole way through!
Great job on this video, black walnuts a money tree retirement plan. Google said 1 acre of walnuts is worth over $100k, I'm fixing to plant 9ver 200 wallnut trees around the perimeters of my bamboo farm for my son life insurance sort to speak. ;) love your video wish I had lots trees like u to plant
while they are small take off all lower limbs so there want be a limb lower than 9 ft at maturity (no knots to plug when they make panling mega $$$$$$ knots will lower price greatly let buyers bid on standing timber
Trees planted, now we play the waiting game.. let the money roll in brothers!
in about 50 years
Awesome video. Entertaining and so sweet.
Thank you!
Also, you can make walnut dye from the husks, and sell the shells to companies that use it for sandblasting or other uses.
Aww, that ending was sweet!
Good idea for the food forest. I've been thinking. Maybe plant in clumps. Each 'clump' has 3-5 guilds 10-15 trees. Then set up a rabbit hutch sheltered under the trees. Rabbit droppings are gold and you can suplement their food with whatever happens to be growing in your guilds. Then you could put up a portable electric fence around each clump and run muscovy ducks or chickens in there for however long you need. Once the trees are big enough you could even run some pigs in under them. Let them eat up all the fruit and nuts you don't care to pick up.
Oh yessss!! Pigs love love love the black walnut. No more running to the fancy shamancy development (vomit) a mile down the road for “free food” Nope! My fat ole pot belly pink and black princess ehem, I mean QUEEN Milly has found her smart escapee butt a NEW sneak out sacred go to place - under the black walnut near the cow field. 😂😂 Cows just chat her up. Lol!!
I have a blk wallnut tree and i hate it how can i make money from it?
If the trunk has an 8ft section with no branches and is big enough around you can get top dollar as veneer. Contact some saw mills or lumber companies and see if they are interested. You get the right person they will come cut it down and pay you for the wood.
i have a tree that produces huge nuts. i wonder if a grower would want some for seed? every year the nuts are twice normal size.
You can also tap black walnut trees and make black walnut syrup
The husks are very valuable as well!
What are they good for?
To make dye
Didn't know they thanks!
Parasites/detox I believe too
I hope you have kids because they are the ones that will reap the harvest on the walnuts and paw paw trees
Dig any seedlings out when they are no more than 2 years old. These suckers grow a deep, tough tap root and you will have one helluva hard time getting them out if you leave them alone. We had a 5 year old black walnut in the wrong place. My husband backed up to the tree, wrapped a heavy chain around the tree and hit the gas. That tree would not come out. It was a 3/4 ton truck. It is now 30 years later and our walnut tree is 50 feet high and 20+ inch diameter. The squirrels plant dozens of these every year. Come spring we’re going to tap the tree for syrup.
I totally forgot you could tap these for syrup! I've been doing Maple syrup for a couple years now. Haven't tried tapping the black walnut. Wish I would have remembered you could when I was making this video, I would have mentioned it!
Wtf with thenails?
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
I had some size of softballs
can black walnuts be coppiced?
Where would you take them to get hulled, roasted and shelled though?
Your shed 😂 me and grandpa did it. I was 9 😅😂😂
Omg 2 minutes in and I'm laughing my nuts off ( I'm a chick) but in keeping with the theme. Thanks for the information, looking forward to perusing your channel.
Dang I don't even know how to comment on this other than you made all the points. I will say I have 3 mature Black Walnuts by my fruit trees and garden and haven't seen any affect although I have read about it.
Lol. Nice effort my friend. Funny stuff. Walnut trees are so cool.
You can also harvest the sap to make syrup like with maples
Why the nail polish??
Das a walnut tree. 😂 this was such a great video! Thanks for the info. I’m hoping to plant black walnut for future logging too.
Make sure to plant 2 or 3 rows and stagger them to help block wind, +use a damned wheelbarrow ya goober! xD That is the fastest growing tree native to North America so don't dilly dally! The wood value is insane too! 30 years is plenty of time for the project . . .
Wife?! 😢 lol kidding! I got 14 years here 😵💫😬 Marriage is hard. 🎉 Keep winning! Happy Anniversary!!
im in the planning phases of starting an orchard ill be putting on the back 2 acres of my place, working on a separate piece for chestnut and walnut trees (retirement fund). Also in michigan so its nice to follow along!
Any update vids on the walnut trees?
Pretty nails 💅
Please tell your nails are like that because you have daughters.
I was working at a summer camp. The counselors wanted to paint everyone's nails.
@@WarpedLegacy I hope she was hot 😆
Walnut shells as abrasives+right buyer (like DIY craftsmen) = more money for small bills or upgrades
There we go! I like the way you think!
plant them 4 meters apart and they will self prune you can use this wood by stacking it in piles between the tree and grow mushrooms on them just another income form your trees also gin sing grows well under them in the shade again big money and a third option is that you have so many seedlings on your land have you ever thought about selling some of them.
Black walnut crotch figure and burl, is some of the most beautiful wood to work with/
“Always replace your divits.” -my dad (probably the nay time I listened to him)
Don’t forget, you can also prune the big tree, put cut end of prunings in rooting hormones, plant those in the soil….
Get a couple hogs and train the hogs to eat the fallen walnuts. Can get syrup from the walnut trees. As the new walnut trees get bigger there will come a time you need to then them, walnut lumber is great income. (Watch youtube tree trimming videos, one guy purchased a walnut tree still standing for $56k)…
Nice.... Nice Job 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
At about 3:45, I’m thinking, “Dude needs a wheelbarrow”. At 3:50, dude has a wheelbarrow.
Great minds 😏
I was interested in the value of the walnuts produced ? In England loads of people eat them at Xmas
Thanks Twon/Twan ?. Very interesting. I just harvested a bunch of black walnuts and I plan on doing the whole cold stratification process and planting process so that I can have many seedlings to plant in my parent's property. I will look for some seedlings when I go out for more walnuts. Good video, keep going!
It's Twan. I'm glad you liked the video! Hopefully your process goes well, and you don't have lots of seedlings!
You can introduce truffles under them in the future.
How are the trees now? Update?
June 27, 2024
I would have planted them further apart. When they get 10 years old they will be destroying each other, by crisscrossing their branches. They grow wide.
I put them close on purpose to encourage vertical growth. I'll thin them as I need to. There is only space for 3 maybe 4 fully grown trees.
Great job on the video
Hello, you are rich and might be richer if you make sap or syrup from the black walnut do in the betwen the investment began to pay your rent you have syrup to sell, that's a great Business, gratulation!
Your projections might be a little too optimistic, but that's not the point. Better to have trees than more grass to mow. Better to have planted trees than spend your life wishing that you had planted trees all those years ago when you thought about it but didn't bother. You might not live long enough to see trees through their entire life, although it's motivation to do all that you can in order to increase the probability that you will live as long as possible, but you can transmit your appreciation for your trees and land to those around you so that maybe some will continue your legacy. Wood is neat but along the way you just might decide that you prefer to keep trees alive, prioritize that when possible, and still end up with more lumber than you know what to do with because trees sometimes break, fall, die, or need to be cleared or will die anyway. Also, cool time-lapse!
Sir, thank you for this treasure of knowledge! Liked and subbed. 🙌
You forget they also produce syrup.They don't produce as much but the same why as maple syrup.
This is an awesome project. It'll be fun to watch the progress as everything grows
I'm excited about it!
@@WarpedLegacyso how are they doing the trees
@@WarpedLegacyYes!! Would love to see an update video of the Walnut trees, now, 4 years later!!
@@WarpedLegacy Excited enough for an update ???
In 35 years, you'll be able to retire selling those
I hope so!
@@WarpedLegacy I also have started doing this, mostly thinking about their use for lumber in the future. But in addition, I am planting some other nut trees (pecan, almond, hazelnut, english walnut) because I find the black wanut shelling a bit too much.
Awwww the nails thou!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩Lit!
They were FABULOUS!
Also can tap them for syrup
I’d be interested in hearing more about investment crops/ livestock you plan on doing
I've got plans... But they are mostly still unformed ideas. I want ducks.... But that might be a while.
I have a beautiful black walnut tree in my yard that I never eat the nuts but I plan to. I was wondering if you can tell WHERE I can find someone to buy the tree. TIA
Yard trees usually won't sell because they tend to have metal in them (nails, fencing, etc) that ruin saw blades at the mills.
You may try locating wood workers directly.
funny and informative. Thumbs up
Those things grow huge you should have planted them 8- 10 feet apart
I planted them too close on purpose. It encourages vertical growth. To get them big enough they need like 30+feet. I only have enough room for about 3 full size. I'll take them out as needed.
Love your video.
💕Happy Anniversary 💕
I’ll be looking for the food forest videos!
You put them *WAY* too close together. Probably OK to produce a windbreak near-term, but they will need thinned in (I'm guessing) a decade. So you need to plant them probably 40-50 feet apart for your wood harvest trees. Transplanting them to thin them out wouldn't be easy as they have strong taproots. As to nut harvests: (from Wikipedia) "The fruit production tends to occur irregularly with some years producing larger crops than others (see mast year). Fruiting may begin when the tree is 4-6 years old, but large crops take 20 years."
As you have lots of free seedlings, I would transplant a BUNCH of them, in maybe a band 30-40' wide (maybe more depending on available land), and as long as you want the windbreak. Then you could thin them out in a few years (they would make nice walking/hiking staves). Continue to thin out the windbreak as needed, and plant new trees as the windbreak needs (and as replacements for the eventual harvest).
It'll be interesting to see your windbreak in a few years (when it starts producing nuts).
I hope your anniversary is a happy one. And I hope it's also happy for your wife!!!
Brian Neeley it was definitely happy for the wife! Thank you!
Yeah. I planted them super close on purpose. As you said. It's for a windbreak. But also over planting them makes them reach higher faster. And I actually planted these way thinner than I want. I've got a few larger ones I am going to try and move in the fall when they go dormant. And this is going to be a good year for nuts. The big black walnut I have here produces heavily every other year. From most of my reading that is pretty common. Most of the nuts this year are going to be spread around the same area I planted these. So it's gonna be pretty thick with little trees, and I'll thin as needed. I like the walking stick idea!
My anniversary was great! I got to surprise my wife with an unexpected date! (She was working at camp this week, and didn't think she was going to see me at all!). It was great!
At first I thought you were doing a montage in fast forward but then I realised, no, youyreyre'r just really fast 🙃
Love how green it is man, the place looks great! Also makes me want to go outside, dig some holes and plant some trees 🤗👌🏻💪🏻
Oh and happy anniversary mate, good stuff 🎉
It's not often I am called fast... I will accept it! Hopefully there will be more green soon! Do it! Plant something you can eat! You can probably grow tropical fruit! (That's exciting to me.... Probably boring for you... Lol). I just found out there is this thing called a hardy kiwi... It's an actual kiwi 🥝 that will survive Michigan Winters! It grows like grapes and has a thinner edible skin. I plan on getting some!
Anniversary was great! Thanks!
Just moved in with a friend and they have about 10 black walnut trees so I've been researching.... You can also make syrup from the sap just like a maple, and stain for wood/clothes, just some ideas if you didn't know 😜
Yes. If you have access to 10 decent size trees you could get a decent amount of syrup. I've never tapped walnut. But I've been thinking about it for a while.
Oy mate, do you perhaps know how old is that walnu (father of those babies) ?
I know it's old. My grandpa used to own all the farm land surrounding the property, and he used to pile the big rocks he found in the field under this tree. Absolute minimum age would be 70 ish. But that's probably way young... It could easily be 100+... Idk how big it was when grandpa was putting rocks under it.
Great thanx. Especially the fact that you can’t plant them near other trees or plants. I wonder why that is.
They put off something called juglone. Juglone is toxic to many plants. Not a huge deal if you have really good draining sandy soil, but if you don't have well draining soil it can build up and spread quite far from the tree. My soil is really well draining so it only really effects under the tree itself. And there are many plants that tolerate juglone with no problems.
These species of walnuts are becoming more scarce in the wilds of California. Mainly because people keep replacing them with english walnuts. We need these to stay as they are important to the ecology of California. The natives cared deeply for these trees.
Hi, do you sell nuts - that is for growing, not eating? If not, can you please point to a source?
Thanks alot.
If you are just looking for some nuts for seed... I would just suggest finding someone with a black walnut tree. I almost guarantee they will let you take some nuts. Might even pay you to clean the nuts out of their yard! Where are you located? My big walnut is in an off year (no nuts), but if you are close enough I'll let ya take a couple buckets of nuts next year.
walnut wood is So Damn Expensive.
I keep getting harassed by people that want to buy my walnut trees on my property in the city and I have a beautiful white Walnut on my property outside the city . Nasty trees
You still have tree's?
Too early to tell. They still had leaves when fall hit. Things are just barely waking up from winter around here.
You can also make money selling the green shell as goat feed suppliment
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Oh also - hit up Hammons Black Walnut to negotiate a reoccurring buyer! 😊
Dass a walnut tree!
I found one Blk walnut tree on the property then went lookin and found eight more
I've been wanting to grow some fruit trees. But recently found two black walnut trees. Thanks for the video. Im definitely going with black walnuts. Thanks again from an ole Mississippian.
Hope you enjoy them! I'd plant some fruit trees as well!
How many years to grow walnut tree
how are the walnuts doing now? 😁
Did you plant those trees far enough apart? I have about 6 acres with about 100 black walnut trees ranging in age from 100 years old to 6 months old. The two100 year old trees had children and those chidren had children and so on. Also when l was young, 50 years ago, I used to throw the walnuts as far as l could so trees grew wild in the open field. Some of those trees are too close together. My brother had the brilliant idea to take 2 black walnut tree saplings and plant them in his 100 ft by 150 ft lot 50 years ago. The trees are beautiful, straight and tall. My son, who owns my brother's property now will have to pay to have the trees removed as they are a danger to his property and the neighbors on either side. Black walnut yard trees are just a mess. You have a lot of room, give those saplings more space to grow. Hopefully you will find a buyer in 30 years.
No I did not plant them far enough apart, but I am going to thin them as they grow. Their main function right now will be a wine break. If his trees are big enough diameter, he should be able to find a lumber company to at least cut them down in exchange for the wood.
Lol super entertaining video!
i can't believe you painted your nails..... smh
and you can make waterproofing oil out of them..
You can sell the trees too.
Ya dude you should space those newly planted trees out more
Planted them close on purpose so they are a windbreak and they grow straight and tall. I will thin them out as they grow.
Where are you from? We have windmills to the south of us. Looks like my area
I 100% agree that walnut trees are definitely not good parking under shade trees. (If you care about dents that is) anywho... not sure how I never found your channel organically, as TH-cam definitely should have suggested it by now. Had to ask Tes nicely for your channel so I could stop over and subscribe.
Lol. Freaked me out for a moment. Couldn't figure out who you were or how you asked Tez anything... So I asked who's Stephen... And she just started laughing. Now that she has filled me in... Welcome to the channel! Glad you are enjoying it!
@@WarpedLegacy sorry about that. Totally didn't mean to be weird. Hahaha
Good video
Thank you!