Not a clue what the green one is but when it stops raining, i will pop out and look, np clue what to do with it as far as pruning, i was just going to keep it at whatever size i feel fits, then take a third of the stems/ branches out each year (if i remember!), from looking at the wild ones the nuts seem to grow on new ish wood.
No nuts on the green one yet, but its double the size of the red already, i moved it a couple of weeks ago so it will get more sun.
I have to be honest, im not over bothered about a massive yeild, there are lots of hazels by me that i can pick, i just wanted to have a couple of hazel trees, got a chestnut too
Well, to be honest those hazel nuts were not as large as they may seem....about the size of your thumbnail and still very green. Shot was taken close-up. As you may notice, the nuts themselves grow under the leaves.
Variety? Haven't a clue...it's been here since my dad was a young lad.
Not as such, bekkie (remember it's a hedge) although taking beanpoles & pea-sticks keeps it down. I took out some, 4 metre long poles yesterday, so that gives you an idea of the height.
Probably I'll lay it properly during the coming winter.
A hazelnut is the nut of the hazel and is also known as cobnut or filbert nut according to species. The harvesting of hazelnuts is done either by hand or by manual or mechanical raking of fallen nuts.I harvested them annually in midautumn. As autumn comes to a close, the trees dropped their nuts and leaves. I was kind of surprise with this outcome but it was great fun harvesting them I must say that.I will compare this experience to silk palm trees experience that I had earlier.
I know nothing about getting nuts from Hazel, but I do seem to remember trying my hand at coppicing some as a kid.
If you prune it fairly hard the new growth comes back as straight sticks, harvest them every year and you can keep up a good supply of sticks nicer than bamboo canes which you would probably pay a lot for in the garden centre.
I'm not an expert on the coppicing process (similar to pollarding which you do to the tops of mature trees like limes) but I'll bet there is some good info on the internet about how to do it. It was big industry at one time for everything from fencing to arrow shafts!
Of course do check that you will get nuts on new coppiced growth - I'd hate to encourage you to go coppicing if the result is they never mature to make nuts!
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I have a hazel hedge, apart from keeping the squirrels happy it provides me with all the bean poles & pea-sticks I need.
what a stunning picture. Thanks for sharing. what variety hazel out of interest? Do the squirrels get all your hazelnuts or do you get any at all?
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Not a clue what the green one is but when it stops raining, i will pop out and look, np clue what to do with it as far as pruning, i was just going to keep it at whatever size i feel fits, then take a third of the stems/ branches out each year (if i remember!), from looking at the wild ones the nuts seem to grow on new ish wood.
No nuts on the green one yet, but its double the size of the red already, i moved it a couple of weeks ago so it will get more sun.
I have to be honest, im not over bothered about a massive yeild, there are lots of hazels by me that i can pick, i just wanted to have a couple of hazel trees, got a chestnut too
Well, to be honest those hazel nuts were not as large as they may seem....about the size of your thumbnail and still very green. Shot was taken close-up. As you may notice, the nuts themselves grow under the leaves.
Variety? Haven't a clue...it's been here since my dad was a young lad.
Not as such, bekkie (remember it's a hedge) although taking beanpoles & pea-sticks keeps it down. I took out some, 4 metre long poles yesterday, so that gives you an idea of the height.
Probably I'll lay it properly during the coming winter.
A hazelnut is the nut of the hazel and is also known as cobnut or filbert nut according to species. The harvesting of hazelnuts is done either by hand or by manual or mechanical raking of fallen nuts.I harvested them annually in midautumn. As autumn comes to a close, the trees dropped their nuts and leaves. I was kind of surprise with this outcome but it was great fun harvesting them I must say that.I will compare this experience to silk palm trees experience that I had earlier.
I know nothing about getting nuts from Hazel, but I do seem to remember trying my hand at coppicing some as a kid.
If you prune it fairly hard the new growth comes back as straight sticks, harvest them every year and you can keep up a good supply of sticks nicer than bamboo canes which you would probably pay a lot for in the garden centre.
I'm not an expert on the coppicing process (similar to pollarding which you do to the tops of mature trees like limes) but I'll bet there is some good info on the internet about how to do it. It was big industry at one time for everything from fencing to arrow shafts!
Of course do check that you will get nuts on new coppiced growth - I'd hate to encourage you to go coppicing if the result is they never mature to make nuts!