Pecans are well-known crops in the southern United States, but we grow them here, too. Repeat every few days until the harvest is done. Collect fallen nuts and remove the green husks (wear gloves, because this is a nasty job). When you notice the green husks start to split, use a long piece of PVC pipe to bang on the branches and shake the ripe nuts off the tree. Walnuts ripen late September into early November.
These trees do not require any kind of regular spray. Feed walnut trees with all-purpose organic fruit tree fertilizer. “Deep soak” means the soil is saturated at least 12 inches deep or deeper. Irrigate deeply until established, after which trees can survive and produce on little more than a deep soak three to six times in a year. Walnut trees are best planted bare-root in winter. Plant walnuts into fast-draining soil or into a large mound of well-draining soil and mulch thickly. However, if you plant both varieties in close enough proximity, you’ll get nearly double the crop from each tree. Both varieties are low chill and self-fruitful, so they don’t need a pollinizer. ‘Pedro’ grows to 60 feet tall by 60 feet wide ‘Placentia’ grows to 40 by 40 feet, though both can be kept smaller with regular pruning. Experts recommend two walnut varieties for San Diego. While there are native walnuts, English walnuts grafted onto NCB (Northern California Black) or Paradox rootstocks are the choice for edible nuts.
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That, combined with the trees’ large scale, plus the fact that you need two trees for significant production, means that walnut trees are best suited to the outskirts of large properties. The nuts grow on large, deciduous trees whose leaves secrete an alkaline substance that prevents most other plants from growing under the tree’s canopy. California produces nearly all the walnuts consumed in the United States.
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