David W.E. Roberts wrote:
Original message:

"Or should it be bloody squirrels, I've got walnuts coming up all
over the place, it's happened before but I can't remember it
being on this scale.

Possibly the worst one is the one in the middle of the strawberry
bed, can't get it out without damaging the strawberries!

Sob, sob.

Alan

Cor! Send us one! )

L & C

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The resulting conversations resulted in my receiving two walnut
seedlings in the middle of a cardboard roll :-) [centre of kitchen
roll I assume]

Just an update to say that so far these have survived.

I potted them up immediately in John Innes, and placed the pots in
the shelter of the shrubbery on the west side of the garden - a
gloomy location as the shrubs are about 8 feet high.

The very large leaves did not survive well (one seedling has kept one
leaf) and in general dried up and dropped off. This suggests that I
should have been brave and cut them off in the first place.

The seedlings have not grown much, but there are healthy growing tips
on both of them.

I try to water them (and the surrounding soil) regularly with the aim
of keeping them in a moist and shady atmosphere to minimise stress
while they establish a new root system.

Once they are established (I am thinking autumn) I will move them out
into more light and hopefully they will grow and be potted on.

I am planning to keep them in ever larger pots until I find a
location that will support one or two walnut trees. My current garden
is already 'well treed' and certainly does not need a potentially
huge tree in addition.

Many thanks to the donor.

Cheers
Dave R



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