I know nothing about walnut trees ....

[justanotherneighinparadise]

... help!

My resident squirrel very kindly planted me a walnut tree in alongside my citrus saplings. When I bought the trug in I assumed it was a weed initially and went to pull it up and up came a bloody great rooted walnut!! I’m now growing it in its own pot on the windowsill and it’s growing so quickly. I’m quite surprised. What on Earth should I be doing with it? Planting it out somewhere? Offering it to someone? I’ve no idea. The only story I have is my MIL used to have a walnut tree in the back garden and became completely overrun with squirrels so cut it down.

It’s grown this much in less than two weeks!

No idea. But I want one!
Can it be an interesting houseplant for a while? Then try listing it for sale on Facebook selling - based on my local ones people attempt to sell everything on there 😂

We had one in our old garden. They grow fast but I think unless grafted take around 10 years to produce walnuts.

Afaik nothing will grow under a walnut tree
Bonsai it!
Plant it in the ground on a tile or in a colander
Leave it a few years for the trunk to thicken up and style
Voila! Walnut bonsai! 😄
(Super simplified, of course!)

They grow huge! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/24/how-to-grow-walnuts

You'll need loads of room to grow that. They get massive.

They are hardy in the UK, so you aren't doing it any favours by keeping it inside at the moment.

Shall I go and plant it in my local park do you think? I could surreptitiously add it to the young trees they’re growing around the edge?

I’d plant it in the park/fields if it were me.
I don’t think walnuts are appropriate garden trees myself, they are too big and as I understand it they release chemicals that stop other plants growing nearby

Guerilla gardening

One great thing about walnuts in parks is that most people won't recognise them. The fruit is green and slightly velvety, like a green peach (or a large almond). The walnut is the seed inside.

Or maybe not very velvety.

Ok. I shall take the kids tomorrow and stake it out, see if there’s any ground I could add it to.

DP doesn’t want me to let it go lol. He’s a freak. He loves it already!!! Looks like I’m going to be bonsai- ing it!

I want one.

Err - isn't there a saying about a Woman, a dog and a Walnut tree??

@MikeUniformMike

I want one.

I think you just stick a walnut in the soil. That’s got to be all the squirrel did.

I might try that.
I've got acorns, hazelnuts, beechnuts, chestnuts but no walnuts.

The walnut has been stuck in some compost.