A rare plant...at least for Mississippi

SwampDonkey · June 07, 2011, 06:28:59 PM

I don't think our northern "cultivar" would survive the southern climate. And with canker disease, it's not a good idea to move the nuts because the husk is sticky and can possibly harbor the fungus. I don't think I have the disease in my trees, but I can't prove it. ;) The canker has been identified in NB butternut by Forestry Canada. So probably the big guys at the border would seize the shipment. ;)

shelbycharger400 · June 08, 2011, 06:15:07 PM

I think i shoud do some research if they would grow here or not.... my well is 25 ft down, then granite... to note...i have never tasted water this good

im about 1000 ft from a river here,. mostly sand and gravel . If it grows 30 ft in 14 years... that sounds like a nice shade tree/ potential material producer.

SwampDonkey · June 16, 2011, 07:37:23 PM

I've been thinning my plantations the last week and been watching out for my planted butternut and red oak. I found all my butternut trees that I could remember, and they look good, but don't grow very fast up here.

I also found this is the back yard under the drip line of one of the walnut trees. It may be my first walnut seedling. I'm not sure yet, too early to tell. I'll know when it elongates more, could also be butternut. The real test will be winter survival. ;)

Banjo picker · June 16, 2011, 10:30:08 PM

Sounds like you hope its a little walnut...I would be pulling for a butternut. Tim

Banjo picker · June 19, 2011, 10:27:15 PM

Swampdonkey I found some pictures that I had for a while and just now stumbled on to them...The first one is the baby tree of the one in the post....

This next one is of one of the little fellows that didn't make it...

I can't get it to come through will try in a new post...Tim

Banjo picker · June 19, 2011, 10:32:16 PM

Thats not a photo mess up either...it turned just that white...I had several that did just so...It looks like your little fellow is a might shy on color as well...Is it still alive? Tim

SwampDonkey · June 20, 2011, 06:03:16 AM

Tim, with my little fellow the color got washed out by the flash. It's actually red veined leaves and petiole with green tinge and reddish stem. The same color that the flower would be on a mature tree. That's how I tell my roses apart if I lose the tags. ;)

I've never had any go white, however a lawn offers little shelter in winter and many will get bit by the cold. But in the woods there is more shelter and the seedlings seem to survive better if the hares don't eat the top off. ;)

JimTwoSticks · June 25, 2011, 03:49:04 PM

Shelby, can't think of any specific trees I can direct you to in or near Becker but there are some along the river closer to the Cities.
They will grow in Becker however so if you can get some seed have at it.

One thing with butternut that is somewhat problematic is the extensive hybridization with Japanese walnut. Hybrids have been found throughout the range and in some places true "butternut" no longer exists and the only trees present on the site are the hybrids (juglans x bixbyi). They look quite similar and are often confused.