Black Walnut Stratified Seed (Juglans nigra)

Sold in packs of 20 seeds in damp media. Our Black walnut seed is collected locally from mature parent trees that have stood the test of time. Seed is currently in storage and orders placed now will ship in late March/early April when it is fully stratified.

Black walnut is a remarkable tree, with a host of uses. The most notable being it's timber and edible nuts. The wood is valued for its deep rich color and decent rot resistance. The edible nuts are packed with protein and nutrients and offer excellent flavor. The shells are typically very hard to crack, which makes accessing the kernels a little tedious, but with the right technique kernels can come out in quarters easily.

It’s worth noting that black walnuts produce a compound called juglone that appears to have a negative effect on some other plants. It may be best to locate them away from annual gardens in order to avoid any incompatibility. 

We recommend growing your planting stratified seeds in air an prune bed or air pruning containers in order to improve transplant success. Without air pruning the taproots of black walnuts can become very long, which makes transplanting difficult. Direct sowing is obviously possible, but has a much lower success rate due to predation by rodents. Black walnut will grow well in a wide range of soils and sites. Generally hardy from zones 4-9.

Please note: Our inventory is an estimate and orders will be filled in the order they were received. Should we run out of stock before your order is filled we will issue a full refund. 

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This item cannot be shipped to: AZ, CA, KS, TX.