property:development:farming:trees

• Walnuts
  • “Rain or high humidity during spring to late summer increases the incidence of blight.”
  • Not sure it would grow well here.
  • They like any well-drained soil (24 hours of waterlogging can kill a tree) and are generally pretty hardy. The downside is that the roots excrete a toxin called juglone which is poisonous to most plants, including grass. They make a wonderful shade tree but the juglone effect means they often overhang a mud patch in winter.
• Chestnuts
  • Would work.
  • Harvest from the ground
  • Requires mowing under the trees to facilitate picking up.
• Hazelnuts
  • “Hazelnut trees have soft leaves and do not tolerate extreme heat, wind or moisture stress. In New Zealand conditions, good shelter is essential.”
  • “They grow exceedingly well in the cooler parts of New Zealand and can be left to form a multi-stemmed shrub or pruned to a single trunk.”
  • Choose a site with good drainage too as chestnut trees can suffer from phytophthora (root rot) if grown in waterlogged soil.
  • They are large, long-lived trees that are a great shade and fodder option for stock.

    • I have seen a flock of sheep enjoying the nuts and the nutshell, and the bark and leaves all contain tannins beneficial to all animals, especially alpacas.
    • “The trees grow to about 4m, and their stunning autumn colours make them a useful and attractive boundary tree. Seedlings are available impregnated with truffle spores and if you have the right conditions, you’ll get yields of both crops.”

    * Macadamians.

    • Maybe. But must be sheltered.

    * Pine nuts

  • No problem.
• Oaks
  • Quercus ilex – The Holm Oak
  • Quercus suber – The Cork Oak

So: Pinenuts and hazelnuts. And Oaks. And maybe chestnuts.

As for other trees: * https://www.charmate.co.nz/how-tos/which-wood-should-i-use#:~:text=It%E2%80%99s%20tempting%20to%20go%20out

• https://treecrops.org.nz/tree-information/nuts/