In autumn, the walnut tree is very busy: It loses its leaves and delights its owner with delicious fruits (if it is already ripe enough). Furthermore, many garden lovers advise planting a walnut in the fall. In our article we want to briefly tell about each of these peculiarities of the walnut tree in the autumn season.
Autumn is harvest time
Walnut leaves in autumn
In contrast to most other trees, the walnut tree does not show any particularly special coloring in autumn. As a rule, the foliage of the fruit tree takes on a pale green to yellowish-brown hue.
Much more outstanding than the appearance of the leaves is the time at which the leaves fall.
The walnut is one of those trees that shed their leaves very quickly. The walnut tree is usually the first to shed its leaves, making it the first completely bare tree in autumn.
This fact is accompanied by a great advantage: due to the rapid lack of leaves, the sun comes through again early. After the lush leafy walnut provided wonderful shade in summer, it now pampers its people with the gentle warmth of the autumn sun's rays, which is very pleasant.
The fruits of the walnut in autumn
In autumn, the fruits of the walnut tree ripen, harboring delicious walnuts that are extremely healthy for humans. Harvesting the delicious kernels is easy, as the fruits fall from the tree by themselves and then only have to be collected.
Autumn as the ideal walnut planting time
Many hobby gardeners swear that it makes the most sense to plant a walnut tree in the fall. The reason they give is that this gives the plant the best chance of forming a root system that is as branched as possible in its new location before the onset of winter.