Ever grow nut trees? What nuts grow best in the cold?

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hazelnuts grow in cold climates especially the hybrid versions with a bonus that the trees are smaller than
Black Walnuts.

beat me to it

Black walnuts produce a toxin in their roots that keeps most other trees from growing in the area. Obviously, that is not a good permaculture tree. Good news is that pawpaws can tolerate this toxin.

Chestnuts are good. Hazelnuts are great too. See what grows in the wild in your area and see what analog you can replace those with.

nuts do not like cold

all nuts shrink in the cold

which ever one you decide to go with, just make sure of one thing.

they grow best with A-1.

Hazelnuts are good. Smaller trees easier to net (which is important as the squirrels here get 95% of the hazels I get from mine.

Walnuts are easy too. The leaves and roots do release juglone which prevents many other plants from growing (especially tomatoes, peppers and potatoes)

Also look into beech nuts and yellowhorn.

If you are in a proxy and in US zone 6 or above, pecans and almonds are also a possibility....(as well as alpricots which give a fruit and a nut)

Last Edited by Asymptote on 09/08/2016 09:33 PM

My family has grown pecans commercially but they will not grow in the cold.

Don't know anything about growing them in the colder regions but there are likely some variety of nuts that will grow there.

The problem may be the short growing season. Pecans are harvested late in the fall like October but it's still warm here then.

I think it takes a long growing season for nuts to form.



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OMG, I am going to need sooo much A-1 sauce!

They say there's gonna be a lot of nuts.

Lol, i was about to as well