Sowing months
Jan–Feb, Dec
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly for three years
Mature size
15–25 m
First harvest
Nuts year seven grafted
Family
Juglandaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
food
Sow in
winter
Care
Only worth planting above about 1,200 m.
The nut tree of Kashmir and the western hills, needing real winter cold.
Growing it
Only worth planting above about 1,200 m.
What it is for
Akhrot; hill-farm timber and nuts.