Only sprout raw hazelnuts
Anyone who thinks they can simply get the hazelnuts from stores and germinate them at home is wrong. Many of the hazelnuts on the market got too hot dried, roasted or are too superimposed and therefore no longer germinable.
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Which hazelnuts can be used?
You should use fresh hazelnuts for germination. Ideally ones that you yourself harvested respectively. have collected. Then you can be sure that these are germinable.
However, be careful only ripe hazelnuts to use. You can recognize them by their brown shell and the fact that their cover can be easily removed. In addition, ripe hazelnuts fall to the ground. Also, the nuts you use to sprout should be unshelled.
How are hazelnuts stimulated to germinate?
- Use big nuts.
- Do not crack the nuts, but use them with their shells.
- Hazelnuts are cold germs: germination usually does not work in the home.
- Choose a sheltered place in the garden or in a pot on the balcony.
- Put the nuts in the soil close to the surface.
- It is best to cover the area with a net so that birds do not attack the nuts.
- Be sure to keep the area moist.
- If you are lucky, the nuts will germinate and the first shoots will appear in spring.
Tips & Tricks
It is doubtful whether home-grown hazelnuts from seeds will later bring many large and tasty nuts. They are not identical to the parent plants. Therefore, refinements are more recommended.