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

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

Most hazlenuts are own rooted and it's much easier to dig suckers than try to graft (which is HARD with hazlenuts).  Commercial propagation is with suckers, too.
-Lon Rombough
> From: "Gordon Nofs" <gc_nofs@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:59:53 -0400
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] germinating hazelnut from seed..

> Miekal
>   It will work if it gets cold enough. I find it easier to put in zip lock 
> bags with little damp peat moss, or just in a zip lock bag and in the bottom 
> drawer of the fridge till the ground is warm enough to plant. But you may be 
> disappointed to wait till they produce and find that you don't have anything 
> like what was planted. Best way is to graft scions from that bush come 
> spring and reproduce what you know is good. Only way to be sure.
>
> Gordon C. Nofs
> Flint, MI.
> ******************************
>   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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