Hazelnuts empty

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• BobTheGardener Posts: 11,385

  September 2021

  It's quite common - they probably didn't get properly pollinated.  The squirrels seem to know and only take those with nuts inside, the little #~&&%$s!
  

  A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  

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• cazjohnno Posts: 15

  September 2021

  Ahh thankyou that makes sense, yes I’ve noticed the squirrels they do seem to find them. Thanks again😊

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• bertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697

  September 2021

  Last year we had a great harvest but the "squirrel" this year has taken the lot.

  They often take them before they are ready for us and all we find is the shells underneath.

  They take from the corkscrew hazel as well.
  

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• cazjohnno Posts: 15

  September 2021

  That’s exactly what’s happening here, we’re finding lots of empty shells too 😊

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  September 2021

  Don't forget, it's not just squirrels who eat nuts ... they may be the most obvious and the most common, but they're vital food for other small mammals ... if you want to find out who else may have been nibbling your nuts, look here
  
  https://wildsouthuk.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/how-to-tell-whos-been-nibbling-your-nuts/
    
  
  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• cazjohnno Posts: 15

  September 2021

  Dovefromabove said:

  Don't forget, it's not just squirrels who eat nuts ... they may be the most obvious and the most common, but they're vital food for other small mammals ... if you want to find out who else may have been nibbling your nuts, look here
  
  https://wildsouthuk.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/how-to-tell-whos-been-nibbling-your-nuts/
    
  
  

  That’s interesting thankyou, the trees are in a paddock next to farm and woodland so I’m sure they have a feed on them 😊

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