Old country saying. I always wondered how the walnut tree would benefit from being beaten: would it produce more or better nuts? It turns out that it's nothing to do with nuts. Walnut is also prized as a timber for fine furniture. Apparently beating the trunk produces bruising which shows as attractive patterns in the grain.
I think it's worse on young trees and hardly noticeable on large ones. I too love walnut trees ... there was one in the veg garden on the farm when I was a child ... reminds me of home
As for the rhyme ... yes I remember various people quoting it ... if the result of beating the wood is as positive as beating women and dogs, I wouldn't waste my energy if I were you
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They're caused by the Walnut Gall Mite ... they won't harm your tree. More info here
https://www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/fruit-tree-problems/walnut-blister-mite
Thank you, Dove. Wonderful to know it's not life-threatening. I do have a fondness for walnut trees and especially for this one, as I grew it myself!
Is it likely to "grow out of it" with age, do you think, or my tree and I have to learn to live with the mite?
"A woman, a dog and a walnut tree,
The more you beat them, the better they be."
Old country saying. I always wondered how the walnut tree would benefit from being beaten: would it produce more or better nuts? It turns out that it's nothing to do with nuts. Walnut is also prized as a timber for fine furniture. Apparently beating the trunk produces bruising which shows as attractive patterns in the grain.
I think it's worse on young trees and hardly noticeable on large ones. I too love walnut trees ... there was one in the veg garden on the farm when I was a child ... reminds me of home
As for the rhyme ... yes I remember various people quoting it ... if the result of beating the wood is as positive as beating women and dogs, I wouldn't waste my energy if I were you
Thank you, Dove. It certainly looks hopeful.
The reason I like walnut trees is because my grandfather had a huge one in his orchard; I loved the size of it, the nuts and the smell of its leaves!
As for the saying, well, what can I say?