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Removing black walnut hulls before direct seeding not always protection against rodent pilferage

In an article in TPN, Nielson reported that removal of husks before direct sowing black walnut seed assures "practically 100 percent control" of rodent pilferage. If true, this could mean that a solution has been found to a major problem in direct-seeding black walnut. Unfortunately, such a conclusion cannot be supported by the experiences of most tree planters. Over the past decade, State nurseries have shipped from 500 to 1,000 bushels of walnut seed annually to tree planters in at least 13 States,3 and most of this seed is routinely husked before stratification and shipment. In spite of these extensive efforts to sow black walnut seed, it is a challenge to find many direct-seeded plantations that have escaped extensive rodent pilferage.


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Author(s): Robert E. Phares, David T. Funk, Charles M. Nixon

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 25, Number 4 (1974)

Volume: 25

Number: 4