Grow Hazelnuts For Humans and Wildlife

[@wackytammy376]

I enjoy your enthusiastic voice. ❤ I planted three small hazelnut trees of the purple leafed variety at a local greenhouse this spring. I live in Michigan. One gave me 4 hazelnuts this year. Do you know if the purple variety is different and if so, how? I would like to plant the best variety.

[@foxruneec]

Thank you ♥ I have only had the common American hazelnut (Corylus americana) which I got from Fedco. I didn't even know there was a purple variety. How cool is that! Thanks for teaching me something new 😁

[@jakesirkin3297]

Those dang goats! :)

[@foxruneec]

I know - they are so so bad! 🤣🤣🤣

[@frankwoodworth99]

Wow, thanks for the video it was very informative. It was quick and to the point.

[@foxruneec]

Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful!

[@trickyskricky5883]

This answered all my questions in one video!

[@foxruneec]

Im so glad it was helpful!

[@salami5050]

That was insanely useful. Thanks so much!

[@foxruneec]

Thank you for watching!

[@bridgeto6788]

I just planted 10 bareroot American Hazelnut whips. The whips are about 3 feet tall, and one single stem. I would like them to mature into a bush. Should i be doing any trimming to encourage them to fill out?

[@foxruneec]

Awesome! The first year you just want to let them get established although you can trim back the tops a few inches to encourage side branching. I prune them back each spring so that they stay about 4 - 5 feet tall. Oregon state U has a really good guide for prunning hazelnuts. extension.oregonstate.edu/crop-production/nuts/pruning-hazelnut-trees-basic-guide

[@richdobbs6595]

Do native hazelnuts and filberts cross pollinate, or do you need 3 bushes of each species? I've heard that you can save money by buying one more mature plant that will be bear sooner and is pollinated by the catkins from cheaper, younger plants. Is this something you've heard of?

[@foxruneec]

They are the same so will cross-pollinate - Corylus avellana - but you need compatible cultivars for domestic varieties. Wild American hazelnut will pollinate domestic varieties.

[@foxruneec]

Chart for domestic ones www.growinghazelnuts.com/our-nursery/understanding-compatibility/pollen-compatibility/

[@richdobbs6595]

@@foxruneec Merry Xmas. Thanks for your response. Do you have a favorite nursery that ships to Idaho? ChatGPT suggests Jefferson, Theta, and Yamhill, which it seems like I can get from Burnt Ridge Nursey and Spencer Creek Nursey.

[@foxruneec]

@@richdobbs6595 I got mine from Fedco I believe but Burnt Ridge would probably be a lot better for you. And Washington and Oregon have lots of commercial hazelnuts so they would probably suit your region. Merry XMas

[@surendrarijal3442]

Pollinizers might be essential for Hazelnut which varieties of Hazelnut require which particular Hazelnut . I mean adequate compatle varieties

[@foxruneec]

You can look up a pollination chart to see which ones are compatible like this one www.growinghazelnuts.com/our-nursery/understanding-compatibility/pollen-compatibility/