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"Bob G0KYF" writes:
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| I have a fairly mature hazel tree in my garden and it is full of hazelnuts
| this year.
| At what point do I harvest them? do I wait for tem to fall or do I pick them
| from the tree?

Typically, the sequence of events is this:

The squirrels pick almost all of them.
The few remaining nuts ripen.
The squirrels pick most of the remainder.
You manage to pick a couple, which are empty.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.