How To Grow Shagbark Hickory Trees From Seed

This video is a tutorial on how to grow a Shagbark Hickory Tree from seed (Carya ovata). It covers everything from locating, Identifying, and growing conditions. Also included is when to harvest nuts, test their viability, and then germination, cold treatment, etc.

All information from this video is available for quick reference here: https://growitbuildit.com/shagbark-hi...

To learn how effective the float test is, see our write up on it where I summarize several published studies - https://growitbuildit.com/float-test-...

Nut cracker shown in the video
https://growitbuildit.com/the-best-nu...

Like the mallets? Make your own here - https://growitbuildit.com/make-mallet...

Tree Shelters I use - https://amzn.to/3sVld5U (affiliate link)

Timeline -
00:00 How To Grow Shagbark Hickory Trees From Seed
01:28 Native Range and Identification (bark/leaves)
02:53 Harvesting nuts
04:12 Testing nut viability
05:53 Cold stratification / Planting Hickory Nuts
07:56 Germination / Growing Hickory Trees