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"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
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Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk"

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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