Walnuts are usually ripe around October every year, the specific time is related to the variety and the region.

Walnut ripening time according to the climate and varieties of walnuts, in general, it will be ripe in September-October, the southern region of the climate environment is warmer, so walnuts will ripen a little faster, ripe walnut skin will crack, the kernel will have a light oil flavor.

Walnut growth process needs to be diligent in the application of thin fertilizer, after harvesting it, to be applied to the soil inside some base fertilizer, walnut blossom before, young fruit expansion period and fruit hardening period need to be fertilizer, walnut growth and blossoming and harvest also need to be sprayed with foliar fertilizers, so that the walnut can be exuberant growth.

Walnut drought resistance is very strong, but long-term drought will lead to walnut difficult to grow normally, so the dry season needs to be timely to the walnut irrigation to meet the water required for its growth, pay attention to the rainy season to the walnut flooding in a timely manner to avoid waterlogging of the soil leading to the growth of walnut poor.

Walnut maturity signs

1, ripe harvest time judgment

Walnut involucre (walnut fruit green skin) becomes yellowish green or light yellow, velvet hairs become fewer, and some of the top of the fruit green skin cracks, easy to peel. When gently tapped with a bamboo stick, the walnuts fall off easily.

2, ripe harvest time on the impact of walnuts

Harvest time is too early, the walnuts are not yet fully ripe, the fullness is not enough, the harvest is more difficult, the yield is lower, and easy to hurt the flower buds, affecting the normal results of the second year. In addition, the harvested walnut green skin is not easy to fall off, poor taste, the seed kernel is not full, the kernel rate and oil content rate is low, the flavor is not good, and is not resistant to storage, the quality is far less than the mature walnut.

Harvest time is too late, walnuts are too ripe and a large number of fruit drop phenomenon, and the fruit falls on the ground without timely picking, easy to cause mold, ultimately leading to a decline in walnut production.