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  • From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] off-topic: Hazelnuts
  • Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:49:54 -0500

Lee:

Can you list some names from that program and would they work in zone
4? I'm assuming they have a high percentage of filbert in them in
order to be larger nuts, which would suggest they might not be hardy
here. A lot of the original trazels and tree hazels I planted here
never really stood up.

~mIEKAL


On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:41 AM, Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com> wrote:
> I highly recommend the hazelnut varieties from Oregon State university
> breeding program. In my experience, after almost 10 years, the plants have
> done well in the colder part of Zone 5 here in NY's Hudson Valley and the
> nuts are large and tasty. The only problem is squirrels, which I control by
> letting the field vegetation grow high in a wide swathe around my planting
> and with traps, a pellet gun, two dogs, and two cats.
>
> Lee Reich, PhD
> Come visit my farmden at http://leereich.blogspot.com/
> http://leereich.com/
>
> Books by Lee Reich:
> A Northeast Gardener's Year
> The Pruning Book
> Weedless Gardening
> Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
> Landscaping with Fruit
> Grow Fruit Naturally
>
> On Oct 25, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Charles Rhora wrote:
>
>> Further to your e-mail, re squirrel problem with hazelnuts, we handle a
>> solid state Electronic pest repeller which covers an area up to 3500 square
>> feet, and we use it control squirrels, mice, etc. from our nursery and also
>> around other nut bearing trees. As, it is solid state, it uses minimal
>> electricity is built for outdoor usage. Runs on about 30 cents a month for
>> electrical consumption. It is adjustable for sound as you live in a
>> suburbia area, but it does emit an ultra sound frequency which disturbs the
>> critters, but will not be noticeable to the human ear or pets. For further
>> information please contact us.
>>
>>
>> Charles Rhora,
>> Rhora's Nut Farm & Nursery
>>
>> www.nuttrees.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
>> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:52 PM
>> To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio
>> Subject: Re: [nafex] off-topic: Hazelnuts
>>
>> I have 30 or 40 of them going. They have a lot of wild genetics so the nuts
>> are fairly small and mine too 7 years even to begin bearing any nuts....
>> He
>> has an amazing research field planting greenhouse set up that is well worth
>> visiting.
>>
>> ~mIEKAL
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
>>> Does anyone have experience with Badgersett hazel nuts? They aren't really
>> fruits, so it might be best to answer off-list. I am in eastern MA, zone 6,
>> and have a lot of granite ledge. I am wondering if they might be nice for
>> the shrubby border between my property and the next one over. I doubt
>> they'd
>> get enough light to put out much of a crop, but I have an abundance of
>> squirrels, so even if they did, I wouldn't harvest many. If I got a nut
>> from
>> time to time, it would be fun. I was thrilled with my harvest of 3 dozen
>> apples this year, from a mature tree that is usually stripped by squirrels
>> before the fruits ripen.
>>>
>>> (I live 1/3 acre in suburbia, and have little kids nearby. Shooting
>>> squirrels is not an option.)
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Ginda
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