Sheldon wrote:
On Sep 18, 11:17?am, Jim Kingdon wrote:
While scarifying is an alternative, it is not necessary, any more than
stratification. It may influence germination, but in nature, it
doesn't happen that much, scarification that is. Nursery's stratify
black walnut, but seldom scarify, just as they stratify other seed.
In nature, scarification happens by a seed coat being gradually worn
away or a seed coat being cracked by freezing. Scarification is a way
to speed this up (with cutting a notch and hot water seeming to be the
preferred techniques). At least, that's what my book on propagating
woody plants says.

But each plant is different. And I don't know anything about black
walnut in particular.

Getting some instructions from someone who has propagated the
particular plant in question is recommended. Sure in nature, the
plant grows (somehow). But whether this happens quickly, or how many
seeds are needed for one seeding, or whether the seed passes through
the digestive tract of a bird or mammal in nature, or whether you can
keep a seed in the ground for months/years and recognize it as a
non-weed when it does come up, or whatever, make the garden situation
often different.

There are no animals where black walnut grows that eat black walnut
seed whole... if ever you come upon a squirrel swallowing black walnut
seed whole you'd best don your steel safety cup and get the hell outa
there fast as your widdle stumps can run.

No need to back peddle and hide behind ignorance. There are plenty of
web sites with expert instructions about how to grow black walnut (I
read a few before posting just as a refresher, I'm not a walnut tree
maven but I've lots of hickory). Under how to plant all begin by
describing how to scarify, remove the husk and notch the shell. Then
they go on to describe about stratification, only necessary in warm
climes or with large wood stand/nut harvesting operations where seed
will be planted later. But this is about someone with a tree in his
yard who merely wants to grow a few seeds... someone who as yet
refuses to say where.

Do all of yoose go through life making mountains out of molehills,
what a bunch or wild exaggeraters. Just answer the question that's
asked, stop embellishing with the barroom lush BS... just makes you
appear very ignorant.



I live in Northern Westchester NY, zone 5. I was busy I only got a
chance to read the posts today.

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