Got Walnuts?

[lawn mower fanatic]

wish there was a market for sweet gum balls

just what are sweet gum balls, candy?

It's a seed pod from a sweet gum tree, a tree we have in the south. The seed pod looks like a porcupine egg:laughing:

Hitting a sweet gum ball is like hitting a small rock. When they first fall from the tree.
I hate the damn things. Them and magnolia trees

It's annoying when you brush up against a branch and get like 10 of them on your pants! :frown:

(http://gardennaturally.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/weeder-sweet-gum-2.jpg)

 

[TaskForceLawnCare]

Does anyone know of a mechanical means of picking up those walnuts?

A little late to the thread, but i hate walnuts they end up getting stuck in the billy goats. I've found the best way to pick them up is a high school kid a rake a bucket, gloves and about $8 an hour on my crew.

 

[exotion]

A little late to the thread, but i hate walnuts they end up getting stuck in the billy goats. I've found the best way to pick them up is a high school kid a rake a bucket, gloves and about $8 an hour on my crew.

Nice lol does he get a spot on your trailer next to the other tools or does he get to ride in the truck lol

 

[TaskForceLawnCare]

Nice lol does he get a spot on your trailer next to the other tools or does he get to ride in the truck lol

Depends on how bad he smells from the walnuts. Just kidding he rides in the truck, he even gets a company shirt, hoodie, hat, bennie cap and i buy his gloves. I like them to look good while they're doing the dirty work.

 

[dfbrown]

We have about a dozen huge black walnut trees, some are about 50-60 years old. Many of them began dropping their nuts about a week ago, I have never known them to begin shedding walnuts this early in the year. Thankfully there are not a lot of them to pick up this season, at times in the past there were so many it was practically walnut-to-walnut carpeting in my front yard....:laughing:

Yeah, what a stupid joke....:laughing:

I have 6 very tall black walnut trees and I just cut 4 of them down. The balls are a pain in the u know what and those start to fall around july slowly and leave are already down in PA. I am going to cut 1 more tree but keep the other because of the shade. Those trees are such a pain because i have to clean up the balls before I cut my yard so I do not destroy my blades. I am so glad they are gone.

 

[edd]

the best use for sweet gum balls is to clean a mower deck.....wet grass wont stay under there if you run over a bunch of sweet gum balls