One for Veg?

[beeboybee]

We have a very large walnut tree in the field, last winter it lost a large branch, this summer a few branches have died off.
Where the branches have snapped off or died should we trim it back.

Also if anyone has a similar tree, should we fence under the tree to stop sheep rubbing against it and also give the grass a chance to grow and

Overall the tree this year looks tired and also has some spots on the leaves that I did not notice last year..

Any thoughts or advice would be amazing

 

[Tom Bick]

Not a great deal will grow under a walnut tree down to some sort of chemical from the tree. It sounds a bit sick to me but the upside is if the timber is good its well sort after, may be heavy but will make the smartest hives in the country.

 

[VEG]

Lots of really old trees loose branches then start to sort themselves out again. If the bark has been ripped off below the bark ridge collar then this will allow disease into the tree, although it can take many many years for the effects of this to show. If you can cut the snapped off branches back to a growth point this will help. If you could post a picture it will help as I am only guessing as to the damage.

 

[beeboybee]

Veg, that would be a great help. I will grab some photos tomorrow.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Walnut makes great gun stocks - top quality walnut is a commodity equal to gold almost

 

[REDWOOD]

Walnut makes great gun stocks - top quality walnut is a commodity equal to gold almost

A mate in work will only buy guns with walnut stocks, he pays over the odds and has to wait for them to be made but they look fantastic

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Some 'blanks' make stupid prices in the tens of thousands - for a piece of wood a couple of feet square by eight inches or so thick!

 

[pargyle]

Not a great deal will grow under a walnut tree down to some sort of chemical from the tree. It sounds a bit sick to me but the upside is if the timber is good its well sort after, may be heavy but will make the smartest hives in the country.

Wood turners and carvers will pay lots of money for seasoned walnut ... don't even THINK hives !!!

 

[Itchy]

We have two walnut trees...and this year we have heaps of walnuts

 

[Tom Bick]

Wood turners and carvers will pay lots of money for seasoned walnut ... don't even THINK hives !!!

Tell me about it a few years ago I was asked to make some furniture in English walnut the search for a decent amount was almost impossible and easier to get hens teeth. I finally found a company about to cut some trees and they would plank what I needed otherwise it was all going for gunstocks. As the tree's were still standing it was going to be 6 months lead time so in the end we settled for European walnut and almost as expensive.

 

[pargyle]

Tell me about it a few years ago I was asked to make some furniture in English walnut the search for a decent amount was almost impossible and easier to get hens teeth. I finally found a company about to cut some trees and they would plank what I needed otherwise it was all going for gunstocks. As the tree's were still standing it was going to be 6 months lead time so in the end we settled for European walnut and almost as expensive.

It's a beautiful wood to turn ... takes on a gorgeous finish and it ages to a lovely colour ... but it's getting to the stage where the only pieces of English Walnut are about the size necessary to make PENS !!! My neighbour has a tree in his garden and there are a couple of dead bits up the top of it .... I live in hope !!

 

[beeboybee]

Pargyle, are you a woodturner?
I saved a few larger pieces that fell down a winter before last?
And I really like the idea of getting something made from them....

 

[enrico]

Be very careful with walnut trees, they can weep to death if you cut them when the sap is rising. The sap pours out of the cuts in a stream and takes days to stop. Only cut or trim walnut trees when they are fully dormant
Experience!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I am custodian of a great big unkempt yew tree - my friend does a bit of wood turning occasionally so he helps when any pruning is being done - sort of 'pick your own'!

 

[REDWOOD]

Remember cars with walnut dash boards

 

[Skyhook]

Be very careful with walnut trees, they can weep to death if you cut them when the sap is rising. The sap pours out of the cuts in a stream and takes days to stop. Only cut or trim walnut trees when they are fully dormant
Experience!

If that is the case, then they may be like vines, which should be pruned right at the start of winter, as sap pressure can start building well before any growth shows.

 

[Tom Bick]

I am custodian of a great big unkempt yew tree - my friend does a bit of wood turning occasionally so he helps when any pruning is being done - sort of 'pick your own'!

Another beautiful tree and timber. The oldest living trees in the Uk and if memory serves me right the oldest recorded at 2000 years.

 

[Tom Bick]

It's a beautiful wood to turn ... takes on a gorgeous finish and it ages to a lovely colour ... but it's getting to the stage where the only pieces of English Walnut are about the size necessary to make PENS !!! My neighbour has a tree in his garden and there are a couple of dead bits up the top of it .... I live in hope !!

Chippendale may have preferred Mahogany but the greatest of all English furniture is made from English walnut.

I have my eye on a large burr dont know the timber yet but its at a place that cuts fire wood by hand obviously they are not able to split it but it will with a bit of persuasion!!!

 

[beeboybee]

Some photos for veg. Hope they can help in my tree worry
Thanks again

 

[VEG]

Nowt to worry about to be honest. Seems to be natural loss (retrenchment). The marks on the leaves will be normal for this time of year. You may get a bit of rot into the stem but the tree will do its best to contain it. It looks a very nice sized tree as well. This year has been a very good year for most fruiting trees (mast) it only happens about every seven years. How did it do fruit wize ?


Craig