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On a vaguely related note, here's a way to determine what is the "antipode" (spot on the opposite side of the earth) for your location. https://www.antipodesmap.com/ Mine is in the Indian ocean ~1700 miles east of Mauritius. I checked Beijing and it's antipode is in Argentina. It makes sense that if we are in the northern hemisphere that the "opposite" side of the world will be in the southern hemisphere. So all of this time, we've been lied to about digging to China. I for one am very disappointed in our elders that have been lying to us for so many years! Quote:
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Same thing here with pecans. I assume because they put so much energy into nut production so they have a longer "resting" period.
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They're dropping in my area. Rolled the 911 to my rugby club's match Saturday. Found a spot to park away from possible damage by errant kicks. Then I saw them on the ground. Quick move to a spot under a pine. Several dropped as I was exiting and locking the car. A look up revealed LOTS ready to fall in the stiff breeze.
As I was leaving, there were numerous vehicles parked in the area I avoided. Heard numerous thunks as the nuts dropped and hit vehicles. Sure to be some dents in that group. Took 2 hickory hits at Road America 3 years ago. $250.00 to the PDR guy. Hence, my caution. Upside is that I grabbed several nuts Saturday and gave them to my squirrels. They seemed happy.
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“I've heard that a lot of mills won't take trees that come out of residential lawns. The reason is that it's common to find nails, screws, etc... inside the trees. And having their saw blades hit metal is bad/expensive”
I heard the same thing and I was going to mention that but I would think that by now they would have a way to X-ray them or something before cutting. That was 20 years ago or something but I still remember what an aggravating mess it was! |
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I've got some oak and pecan trees in my yard, and a bunch of them have metal in them. One has what's left of a basketball hoop embedded in it. One has a scar where I think metal cable was wrapped around it and the tree has grown over it, and several have screw eyes deeply embedded. I've even got a young live oak that has grown around the 6' metal stake that was original there to hold it up when it was newly planted.
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About 10 years back, I was out raking the walnuts up when a lady pulled in the drive.
She asked if she could come back with her husband and pick them all up and take them home. I asked why? She said they have a gravel driveway and they dump them on it and drive on them all winter. In the spring, the meat is all gone leaving just the nut. They pick up the nuts and crack them open to eat. ![]() They picked up about 10 wheelbarrows worth....they never came back in the following years.
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We have one on our property. I hate that p.o.s. Tree. Brittle branches, nuts everywhere, attracts squirrels, chipmunks. I wanted to cut it down but my wife is somewhat of a tree hugger, can’t do that until it dies she says. This year thankfully no nuts. Other times, hundreds of them
A real pain to pick up and dispose of them. Don’t park your car under it or you find a bunch of small dents on the roof and hood. Ask me how I know. I really dislike this tree. I’ll probably be dead and gone before this black walnut tree gives up the ghost! |
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Neighbours have these and I hate them! Well I hate that the squirrels bring them on to my property. Then they take the outer coating off and it stains the spot. Stains everywhere. Dock, decks, walkways, driveway etc. Then they "squirrel" them away everywhere. They like to put them in corners, bbq, any stupid place. Worst is when I find them in the engine bay or suspension of the cars.
I do chuckle when I hear them hit the car of the renters next door that refuse to be evicted.
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LOL. At least it's not all bad.
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My walnut tree is only about 15 ft from the edge of the blacktop road. Naturally, when there is a normal crop of nuts, lots of them fall on the road.
Its funny to hear when cars hit them. Especially an indirect hit. Its like squeezing a cherry and the pit flying out. When it happens, it usually hits the opposite tire and sounds like a bullet ricochet. ![]()
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Well OK, no Black Walnut for me!
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They might be good to eat, but you'd have to fight the squirrels for them.
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The small red squirrels love them.
Everyday I find nut-shell slivers on my deck where they gnaw at the nut to get to the inner good part.
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A couple pics of the walnut pile taken last fall. None to add to it this year.
![]() I spray the pile down with Round-Up when they start sprouting. ![]() ![]()
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Thats a lot of tree.
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^^^ Squirrel heaven.
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Oh shiet. What a mess that is.
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^^^ Lol...Yes it is.
A few years back, I tried dumping them into my 65 gal roll-a-way garbage cart. I got a call from the service saying that they would cancel my account if I did it again because the walnuts are not degradable....wtf???
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