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  • From: Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] off-topic: Hazelnuts
  • Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:04:34 -0400

I have Santiam, Yamhill, Jefferson, Lew, and Clark. Those that have borne
have yielded large, tasty nuts. All have survived temperatures at least to
minus 20 degrees F.

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 31, 2012, at 11:49 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

> 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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  • Re: [nafex] off-topic: Hazelnuts, Lee Reich, 11/01/2012

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