[Hevxxx99]

Not sure if this counts as fruit really...

My hazel, that I inherited in my garden has produced a wonderful abundance of nuts, but they are really rather small. 

I have a friend who has far larger nuts, but he never does anything to nurture them: they are hedgerow.

Is it simply down to  genetics/variety or is there some way to encourage my nuts to be bigger next year?

[HesterF]

My guess would be variety - there are different types within cobnuts/filberts.

[pgkevet]

I've been biting my lip and chuckling here...

How about bigger nuts on a Phil-Bert?

(but likely variety although I suppose a young tree in dry weather may produce tinier)

[HesterF]

By the way, Pete, been meaning to mail you - the nuts I sent you are filberts. My mum has just brought over some Kentish cobnuts for us - ironically from Wiltshire - so I looked them up and apparently if the wrapper covers the whole nut, it's a filbert. Do you want some genuine Kentish cobnuts raised in Wiltshire (where for the first time in twenty years the squirrel left them alone)?

[Womble]

I don't know pgkevet, I have a mate called Phil, and his nuts are nothing to write home about. Likewise we have a rescue cat called Bert who has no nuts at all! 

[pgkevet]

Do you want some genuine Kentish cobnuts raised in Wiltshire (where for the first time in twenty years the squirrel left them alone)?

I'm pretty much a nutter - so since you offer I'd love some - specially if they're squirrel-proof

I have a mate called Phil, and his nuts are nothing to write home about. Likewise we have a rescue cat called Bert who has no nuts at all! 

I spent a lot of years de-nutting things. My commiserations to Phil (i know how he feels  ) but Bert would have been fine if they hadn't been picked early.....

[Hevxxx99]

Are Kentish cobs the biggest ones?  And if they're completely covered, my nuts are phil-berts?

Mine are small but well filled and they've started dropping off.

 

Sorry, I am serious, but it is hard to keep a straight face about nuts.

On thinking, the biggest difference between my small nuts and my neighbour's large nuts is that his are in a very damp location and mine in a sunny, dry one.

Possibly more water would help?