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From: joy Bertone City: elk grove village, IL
I had my tree pruned this year and I had more walnuts that the previous 30 years I've lived here. This was not it lst pruning. Why so many?
	Extension Message From: Richard Hentschel Extension Educator, Horticulture DuPage/Kane/Kendall Unit hentsche@illinois.edu
More likly than pruning, was the 2012 growing season. Many plants as a stress mechanism, generated lots of flower buds that produced in your case walnuts. Producing that many walnuts takes a great deal of energy, so you may want to make sure you water this tree well before it goes dormant and consider feeding next spring if that is appropriate.
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