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Red Filbert

skywomanskywoman Posts: 2
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I was given a red filbert shrub earlier this year, it was OK up until about a month ago when I noticed the leaves were no longer a deep dark red.   They changed to a light amber, is this OK or do I need to feed it anything.  It has produced a few filberts but don't know when to harvest them or what to do with them after harvest.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 87,006

    I imagine the colour change with the leaves is due to autumn and nothing to worry about.

    Pick the nuts when the husks are hard, and dry them somewhere warm-ish, sunny windowsill or the like.  Eat by the end of Christmas.


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • skywomanskywoman Posts: 2

    Thanks for the advice but the colour changed in August, so do you think it is still OK, will the colour come back proplerly next year ?.

     

  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114

    Do not feed your filbert; it is pointless and wasteful to feed any plant that sheds its leaves in Autumn at this time of year.

    If the filberts are ripe I would pick them before the squirrels find them.

     

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