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Stratifying Walnut Seeds

Spring sowing of walnut seeds requires that they be stratified. This keeps nuts from losing or absorbing moisture and hastens germination.

Store the nuts in in moist sand, or peat medium at a temperature of 35 to 50 degrees F from 60 to 120 days. Thirty-seven degrees is the most effective temperature.

For outdoor stratification, a box with alternating layers of moist sand, then nuts, each about 2 inches thick should be used. Select a well-drained spot and place the box in a hole almost as deep as the box. Cover it with soil and a thick layer of leaves or straw on top. Weight the material with a rock or boards and leave it until planting time in the spring. Plant early to gain the moisture.

Stratified seeds take about 15 to 40 days to germinate (vs 100 to 300 days otherwise).

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