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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 12:46 PM 9/20/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> I've planted hazlenuts and you MUST plant them fresh - if they dry out 
> they are no good.

Lon,
I've germinated hazels/filberts purchased out of the bulk bins at Wal-Mart 
at Christmas time.  If I recall correctly, I just soaked them for a few 
days, then stratified in a bag of moist peat moss, buried along with all my 
other seednuts, out in the orchard under a large pile of leaves.  By the 
time I dug them out in the spring, almost every one had sprouted, and it 
was a real hassle trying to disentangle the roots - think I ended up with 
one survivor out of a pint bag of nuts.



Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY