I have an 80ft black walnut that has 1 inch nuts, less yield, but they already sound like gun shots hitting the roof of my garage. To husk mine, I find rolling them between bricks while still green, not only husks them but moves the husks away allowing you to put in the next nut. Takes about 3 seconds per nut, in my experience.
so WHEN IS the best time to harvest black walnuts? other videos say when theyre green, others say when they turn black....green is very difficult, black is very easy and time consuming. so which is correct? I harvested mine by hand when most were black, with just a knife and a bucket/running water. it was successful but VERY time consuming, and my back hates me. also, does the age of the tree determine the size of black walnuts (shells and husks)? I have trees at work and they drop HUGE husks about 3x larger than the ones by the house (which are about as big as the ones in your video). the difference in size was so noticeable that I thought they were a different species of walnut. The nuts were also alot bigger than the ones at home. if so thats wild because my home with the small black walnuts was built in 1910 and those trees were likely there ever since
That hull and it's contents are pure tannic acid. Great for tanning hides when boiled. Basically, that brown solution you just poured out on the ground....
The hull can be dried and stored as powder, or made into an alcohol extracted tincture. Both have been traditionally used in folk medicine as remedies for purging the body of parasites. The juglone from the hulls (and leaves) has also been tested and clinically found to be cytotoxic and antiproliferative against various cancer cell lines.
@@worknmanslife juglone is also an excellent weed killer, though it's effectiveness is broad with a number of resistant exceptions of course like hosta, yarrow, and bee balm to name a few. Will kill tomatoes, I should note, I've had to be mindful when growing them.
