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Planting Walnut on 10 acres in Merced, CA.

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From: Lorene C. City: San Mateo, CA
I have 10 acres of AG land in merced, CA, which has many almond orchards. I am thinking about planting black walnuts instead of going into almonds. The region is in zone 9. Will the Black walnut do well in this region since Almonds do quite well? I realize this may be out of your region but I really enjoyed reading your Q&A blog. I think you are very, very well versed in NUTS. Do you think the 436 trees per acre be too much? Thank you!
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Hi Lorene! Thanks for you walnut questions and your kind comments about our Ask a Forester forum. Due to the nature of your request, I am going to insist that you contact your forestry experts in the state of California as they will be a much better source of Calfornia-specific forestry information as compared to a Midwestern forester like myself. UC Extension Forestry: http://ucanr.edu/sites/forestry/ Best of luck!
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