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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] germinating hazelnut from seed..

I've planted hazlenuts and you MUST plant them fresh - if they dry out they are no good.  If you leave them in an unheated greenhouse, it's better if it doesn't freeze inside.  It's common for them to germinate and send down a root in the fall, then emerge in spring.  But if the soil in the pot freezes it can damage the root.  Also, be sure no rodents can get to them, or you may find little holes with tiny footprints around them, and no nut left. 
Otherwise, put them into stratification immediately, in the refrigerator, and plant them in spring.  
> -Lon Rombough
>
> From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
> Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:28:43 -0500
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [NAFEX] germinating hazelnut from seed..

>  Has anyone had success planting freshly harvested hazelnuts in trays or tubes & leaving them in
> an unheated greenhouse for the winter?  My son pointed out hazel that we had forgotten to pick
> last week & it turns out to have overly large (up to a third larger than the majority of other
> varieties I have) nuts.    Unfortunately the rabbits ate that particular ID tag so Im unclear
> what it is, but I do know that the bush is about 3 years old & gave me about a half gallon of
> husked nuts. mIEKAL
>
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