Black Walnut SeedBlack Walnut (Juglans nigra) SEEDS These black walnut seeds are very fresh, they were harvested in fall of 2025. Black walnut seed should not dry out completely and must be cold stratified to germinate. We store our seed in buckets of woodchips outdoors. This keeps them moist and begins the process of stratification. Seed will benefit greatly from continued cold stratification after shipping and before planting. Black walnut is a large tree native to

There is a large grove of hickory in this back yard and we gathered many seeds

The taste varies from tree to tree but generally speaking is often described as a mix of banana and mango

If you want you can pack your acorns with a medium such as sand or you can pack them free of any medium

It has been our experience that they are not sensitive to taproot damage

we typically stratify all our acorns anyway

some are massive and close to 100 years old

I select seed annually from a single tree (within a patch of seven)

applying compost to soil helps to sequester carbon

These trees came from both of our seed selections in 2024

In the later situation we recommend planting in mounds to improve drainage

All oak species can be divided into one of two categories

The best way I can describe it is walnuty with a floral thing going on