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There's some hazel nut trees beside my patch, and i was wondering, sinds walnut leafs seem to be not real good for your soil, wats the deal with hazelnutleafs. Should i till them in or get them out?

10/29/2006 10:58:34 AM

Follansbee, Wv

I don't know about the leaves, but I would sure love some of the nuts. I've never tried to germinate a nut tree...could it be done in a home environment?

10/29/2006 11:52:19 AM

Lexington, Ky

I successfully germinated and planted several Hickory, Oak and Pine trees last year...indoors.....too easy!

Jamie

10/30/2006 8:45:16 AM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

I'm not aware of any problems with Hazel Nut leaves.

10/30/2006 10:34:49 PM

Montoursville, PA

I have American Native Hazel Nut trees/shrubs all along the one edge of my patch and directly beside my huge compost pile. The leaves go where they go at will. I know of no concern except that this tree/shrub is host to a fungi that attacks and kills other Hazel Nut trees/shrubs including the ornamental Harry Larder's Walking Stick Hazel Nut shrub/tree.

Again I would not rake up a huge amount of any one kind of nut leaves. Diversity is Mother's way. In the mountains the nut trees are sometimes the major tree in which case the earth under the canopy is not well mixed with other leaf content. This is not as good as a well mixed plant material in the natural mulch.

10/31/2006 5:33:49 PM

Santa Cruz, CA

What leaves should not be used?

11/2/2006 1:25:05 AM

Ohio

Maple is probably the best Creek.

What about pine needles? I heard that these are good for your soil ONLY if your low on a certain nutrient, any one know abou this?

Monty , Im trying to start a hazel nut bush as we speak, been trying for a month now with no luck. That goes the same for the peach tree seeds Im trying to start. I break the hard shell open and take the seed out nakkid so to speak, the seed inside looks similar to a pumpkin seed. I get the peaches root to grow like a half inch and then it stops. I had this happen with three seeds already. The seeds are off my neighbors peach tree down the road.

Sorry Frank, got off track a little.lol
Brooks

11/4/2006 1:31:13 PM

Follansbee, Wv

Brooks,

Don't waste your time with those peach seeds. You probably won't like the results. Peaches, like most fruit trees are actually two different trees grafted together. Just because the tree the seed came from was, let's say, a Reliant, doesn't mean the tree you grow will bear Reliant peaches. In fact you will probably get some genetic varient with undesirable qualities.

11/4/2006 4:04:12 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Oak is a notoriously nasty leaf to compost. Too much lignin & tannin to decay rapidly.

11/4/2006 4:50:16 PM

South East

for hazelnut thers a technique called occulate, take an old trunk(still in the ground with roots0 and make an incision, in there put a young hazelut branch, if this takes, you need to trim certain parts and so on.. Germinating hazelnut is very very difficult!

11/4/2006 5:57:29 PM