My brother has over fifty acres of Walnut trees he has planted over the last 20 years. He took a single shank subsoiler. Then he mounted a 2 1/2 inch pipe on the back side of it. At the bottom he made it curve towards the back. He made the top funnel shaped. He has an old tractor seat on the back so he can ride along. He has someone drive the tractor while he drops walnuts down the pipe. He runs the subsoiler about 6-8 inches deep. The walnut end up about 4-6 inches deep. He just counts to himself while dropping the walnuts. This way he "times" the spacing of the planted nuts. When he has planted all the walnuts he want to he just drives the tractor back over the row to pack the ground around the nut. You do not want or need a big tractor to do this with. He uses a JD 2020.
His rows are 15 foot wide. He drops the nuts at 3-4 foot intervals. After a year or so he thins and transplants the seedlings to a 10-12 foot spacing. After 5-6 years he thins them some more. He stagers the tress so even on the 15 foot wide rows they have plenty of room. He kept them thick enough they grow pretty straight.
He uses whole nuts, hulls and all. He plants them in the fall after it is cold but the ground is not frozen yet. He sprays the rows with Round Up early each spring before the walnuts have any leaves for the Round Up to absorb in them. On the larger trees he sprays around them several times each year. He mows and bales the grass between the rows.
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