Hickory Nuts - Worth Anything?
Nancy Barginear
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Comments (6)Isn't there something called a "bitternut" that looks like a hickory nut, but isn't eatable? In collecting some, I notice that the outer shell of some of them is very thick, and others have a very thin shell. Different kinds of hickory. This is in Wis. Also, I have some hickory nuts and they look very good, but they all float. It doesnt look like they have any worm holes or anything like that. I can't find any that sink; all float!...See MoreHickory Nuts and neighbor
Comments (5)It's nature, nothing to be done about it. The tree was there when the neighbor bought their house- if they are tree phobic that's their problem. I believe that technically if it hangs over his property he can trim it but he cannot endanger the health of the tree. My hickories don't have very wide canopies at all, so I can't imagine them dropping nuts too far away, and trimming something substantial would probably harm them. He's just a complainer....See MoreGrowing Hickory and Hican for Nut Production (2)
Comments (167)Two nights ago a strong windstorm came thru and knocked a lot of 'Hark' pecans down. Bill Totten and Gary Fernald said this was the heaviest crop in history. It sure was fun using our nut gathers & rolling these off the ground and chatting. Gary said, "it's like Christmas and Easter came at the same time..." Dax Carya illinoinensis 'Hark' 2015 Crop Carya illinoinensis 'Hark' 2015 Crop Carya illinoinensis 'Hark' 2015 Crop Carya illinoinensis 'Hark' 2015 Crop Carya illinoinensis 'Hark' 2015 Crop Carya illinoinensis 'Hark' 2015 Crop...See MoreHickory Nuts
Comments (11)Christie, While a hammer will do in a pinch, your best bet would be a good nutcracker - one designed for use on hard-shelled nuts like black walnut(check out the NNGA Marketplace page at the site linked below). But a good bench-mounted vise will work just as well, if a bit slower to operate. I have cracked small numbers of them with a pair of vise-grip pliers - but I wouldn't want to do many that way. If you'll soak your clean hickory nuts in a pan of hot/warm water for an hour or two before beginning a session of cracking, you'll find that the shells will absorb enough moisture to bend, buckle, and split, rather than 'exploding' when you reach 'critical pressure'. Then, with a pair of diagonal wire-cutting pliers and a nutpick, you can usually give a snip here and there and remove the nutmeats mostly as intact halves or quarters. Nuts from every different tree will have differing cracking characteristics, and you'll have to experiment to see if they crack out better by applying force from end-to-end, or side-to-side, etc. Here is a link that might be useful: Northern Nut Growers Association...See Morelucky_p
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