Same here. I didn't think they would be ready for a month. Not a single one left!I walked by a few of my hazelnut bushes today and was going to pull off a pod to see how ripe they are. Where did all the pods go? All of the sudden most are gone. I guess they are ripe!! Anybody else noticing the same?
Thanks I was wondering I tried a couple that came free with something I ordered a couple years ago but planted them in full sun and they didn’t do well in that situation at all. I think they are both dead now.They seem to do best lining my trails and food plot edges. I'd say partial shade is best.....but some seem to do well in mostly shady areas too.
Full sun and well-drained is where I tend to see them. They seem to do very well in fence rows, but that is probably because birds are dropping some nuts when perched. MDC says that they can be an understory tree. MDC is an excellent source of purchasing bare root hazelnuts. I bought a bunch of commercial varieties and collected seed from wild types and have been growing them out from seed.I wish I had hazelnuts growing wild in my place I need to order some of them do they do better in partial shade or full sun for you guys that have them?
I have bought 3 different hybrids from Burnt Ridge Nursery. Now is actually the time to order them. They definitely grow faster than the wild American types, but do not form as much of a thicket.Here is a volunteer one my friend in Portland gave me.
We are hauling it back to Idaho.
It seems very robust and healthy!
There are vast orchards of them here in Oregon.
I should explore getting some hybrid seeds, sometime.