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Dubyadee
Puyallup, Washington, USA
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January 27, 2016 - 1:58 pm

IMG_1187.jpgIMG_1190.jpgThe filberts in my yard are in bloom, they started blooming on Christmas Eve.  Today the bees were foraging for pollen on the Filbert catkins on this almost 60 degree day.

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jafar
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January 27, 2016 - 5:34 pm

Just in case people don't notice, the flower bloom is at the top third of the 2nd picture, in the middle from left to right.  The tiny bit of color sticking out of the bud.  Filberts have the most interesting reproductive practices.

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Larry_G
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January 27, 2016 - 8:01 pm

I had noticed the catkins forming in filbert orchards just north of Canby, Oregon a few weeks ago,

the past six consecutive days in the area have been 50+ degrees, with honeybees on the rosemary

during sunny spells.

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An simple math problem this time, 5+1. The +1s are too easy.

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jafar
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January 27, 2016 - 8:28 pm

I noticed the blooms on ours last weekend.

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DanielW
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January 27, 2016 - 8:40 pm

Mine are blooming in Battleground too.  I usually get a fair number of green filberts, but they disappear before they turn brown.  I've never had a ripe filbert on my trees.

Maybe they need a spray of hot pepper oil.

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John S
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January 31, 2016 - 6:46 pm

I think I'm going to try putting an old footie on them this year.  It works well for persimmons, plums, and even apples and pears! 🙂

John S
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jafar
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February 1, 2016 - 9:55 am

You guys probably know this, but filberts ripen in the summer, much earlier than many other nuts.  I'd never gotten any of the beaked hazelnuts from our property until last year.  I'd been looking too late.

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Dubyadee
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February 1, 2016 - 9:47 pm

One year I tried to start some oak seedlings by planting some acorns and then placing an old window screen over the planting.  Squirrels tore through the screen at every acorn and dug them out.  Now when I plant nuts I plant in pots and put the pots in an old rabbit cage. 

My filbert trees are stripped bare of nuts by squirrels by Labor Day every year.  I find filbert seedlings all over the yard.  Once the filberts are bare they start on the walnut trees.

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Larry_G
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February 2, 2016 - 7:54 pm

For open-ground planting, metal hardware cloth must be staked over the area; lighter-weight metal or any plastic will be chewed through.

The orchardists around here must know a few tricks; I never see any dead squirrels on the roadway adjacent to the filbert orchards even though there is the occasional dead skunk, bird, etc.

Squirrels are very easy to trap.

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