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Does someone know when Hazelnuts should be ripe - and is there a good way of telling?
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hi Caroline - I believe that hazelnuts are usually ready mid September. Do you have your own tree or are you talking generally?
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Bernie aka DDL
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dexterdog, I've got a hazel hedge which this year has a good number of nuts on it. The Squirrels have just started to eat them so I was hoping that I could harvest the rest before they pinched the lot
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I've opened a couple and they have full, very white nuts in them, they taste ok but I'm not sure if they are still unripe or just fresh
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Hi Caroline, am very interested in your hazel hedge. How long ago did you plant it and how long before it started fruiting.
Regards, bramble.
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Hi Caroline - sorry, got info out of HFW book Cook on the wild side - I dont know any more than that!
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Hello Bramble, I think Hazel usually takes about 5 years before it will fruit. The nuts are usually ripe around Sept - Oct. Certainly not ripe around here yet.But certainly expecting to get plenty for Haloween - the traditional time for feasting on them. I should know more about this. I grew up in a house called Hazelwood - yeah - because of all the Hazels. I suppose we all leave our childhoods behind.
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If you let them turn a light Straw colour & pick them then ans then store somewhere cool the'll be ready in a few weeks or so. What you can do is bury a large clay pot in the ground & put them in there & cover over with a tile or something similar they'll keep til christmas - it's what squirrels do but without the pot !ntg
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Hi Alice, thanks for that. I would to give them a try. Hope the name brought back happy memories.
And when your back stops aching,
And your hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.
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Sorry Bramble, we have just move into the house/garden so no real idea. I would guess that the hedge is a good 10 years old though.Comment
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NTG thanks for that, when you say light straw colour are you talking about the covering leaves of the shell itself?Originally posted by nick the grief View PostComment
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Yes Caroline, they have a sort of leafy husk & this & the shell go a sort of straw colour.ntg Never be afraid to try something new.
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Many thanks.
Here's hoping I get some left.Comment
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The squirrels round here are scoffing them like mad. There's piles of shells on the pavement under a tree down the road from me. Makes a great crunchy noise when you walk past. In my garden they're chucking them everywhereComment
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I suspect that we may get a hard winter this year FHG judging by the berries & friuts around that have been nibbled.ntg Never be afraid to try something new.
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