Facts About the Infamous Black Walnut Tree
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ugh. so I just bought a house and moved in recently. have 2 dogs, ages 2 and 11. the older dog has no interest in these things, she just loves to bask in the sun and enjoys her backyard. I had noticed a couple of these lime looking fruits and had no idea what they were. my young dog brought a walnut inside the other day without my knowledge I found it later all crushed up on the carpet. I cleaned it up but didn't think anything of it. she has had diarrhea for the last few days but other than that she is running around and has been her energetic happy self. Now that I know what this green fruit is, I have discovered the two large black walnut trees in my neighbors yard. After reading these comments I am not looking forward to the next couple of months, they will most certainly be falling into my yard by the hundreds. I will have to be diligent with picking these things up, oh joy :/
I’ve come to notice my two very old trees tend to drop all their leaves at once. In just the right breeze it’s pretty amazing to just let them rain around you…. Before realizing you need to clean them up, haha! That little bit of magic makes me love them though ❤️
We have a grove of black walnut trees, approximately 2 acres. I bought a nut wizard last year - what a great invention! My dad was totally unimpressed until I single-handedly picked up half the orchard's windfall in a couple of hours.
I moved into my grandparents' old home in 2011. The black walnut tree in the backyard has been both a saving grace and headache. After losing some chickens to a heatwave we moved their house to under the walnut tree and they've been happy (and cooler) ever since. However, I am quite tired of stepping on walnuts and almost rolling my ankles over and over. I've picked them up, I've left them in place. I've tried harvesting but discovered if you don't put them somewhere squirrel proof to dry, the squirrels will help themselves! I clean broken bits of shell off my picnic table all summer and fall. I love the height and spread of this beautiful tree, don't love so much the fruit. And I can only imagine what the chickens think every time a nut drops onto their roof! haha
Squirrels planted two black walnut trees next door to me. One of the trees towers over into my backyard. While it's a beautiful tree, I wish it wasn't there.
The squirrels eat the walnuts, they will chew the green cover off, and leave the droppings all over the place, which in turn will literally turn the ground black underneath. It all smells very lemon/limey pungent. Not pleasant.
I can hear the walnuts falling while inside my house, I would estimate that I pick up at least 1,000 of them, pheww a lot of work. I take extra precaution when they are filling, if one was to hit me on the head it would definitely hurt.
My Japanese Maple died that had thrived for years and years prior to the walnut tree growing.
And some years, NO WALNUTS whatsoever!! This year (2024) being one of them, hooray!
We have a couple of black walnut trees in our backyard. I've grown to hate them because I'm constantly stepping on them. It seems like no matter how many I pick up and remove, I miss 10x more. Haha. Ones that fall and eventually get a little deeper into the soil over time will sprout and if not take care of, will make new trees. They require a lot of maintenance. Mine were here long before we moved in, 5 yrs ago and are probably the biggest trees in our yard.
We have 2 dogs-pick up the walnuts using our pooper scooper so not so bad.
Butter nuts do the same thing in the garden. If I see a stunted plant I look for a shoot coming up. Squirrel 🐿️
Are the black-walnut leaves risky or just the black Walnut shell+nut?
I have a black walnut tree in my yard and we have lived here for 40 years. This year is the heaviest nut formation I have ever witnessed.