Where are walnuts grown?

Walnut is a plant that likes light and is relatively cold-resistant, drought-resistant and disease-resistant. Walnut can adapt to many different kinds of soil to take root and grow, but it still prefers fertile and moist sandy soil the most. It also likes a growing environment with sufficient water and fertilizer, and likes suitable sunlight. Generally speaking, walnuts cannot be pruned after their leaves fall and before they sprout, otherwise it will easily be injured.

Walnut Origin

There are many areas that produce a lot of walnuts. Generally speaking, its main production areas are distributed in Yunnan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hebei, Gansu, Anhui and other provinces and cities. Among them, Sanguan Forest District in Bozhou City, Anhui Province, is the largest walnut forest farm in Asia, and the walnuts in Aksu area of ​​Xinjiang are also China's national geographical indication products.

Walnut is a specialty of Yunnan, Hebei and Gansu. Yangbi Yi Autonomous County of Yunnan, Dayao County of Yunnan, Changning County of Yunnan, She County of Hebei Province and Cheng County of Gansu Province have always been known as the hometown of walnuts in China.

Where do walnuts grow?

Walnut is a plant that grows in mountainous and hilly areas below 1,800 meters above sea level. In my country, it generally grows in places with deep soil in mountainous areas and on both sides of river valleys, so walnuts are widely planted in plains and hilly areas.

Walnut market time

Walnuts mature and go on the market at different times depending on their variety. Generally speaking, the maturity period of early-maturing and late-maturing varieties can differ by about 10-25 days. Walnuts in northern regions usually mature and go on the market in early to mid-September, while in southern regions they will mature and go on the market as early as July.