How to harvest walnuts and how to handle them?

How are walnuts harvested and processed? Please describe the method The suitable harvest time of walnut is that the inner membrane changes from white to brown, which marks the maturity of walnut kernel. Production often in its exocarp from green to yellow, part of the crack, individual fruit fall when harvest. The main method of harvesting walnuts is to beat them with poles, and some spray 500-1000 microliters of ethephon on the trees 1-2 weeks before natural ripening to make the fruits fall naturally. The traditional method of removing walnut green peel is stacking method, stacking the harvested walnut in a cool, ventilated room, stacking grass or straw with a height of 50 cm and a top of 10 cm, after 4-6 days, the green peel appears to swell or crack, and knocking with a wooden stick to make the green peel crack and the nut come out. Now it is mostly used for ethephon peeling method, that is, 3000-5000 ml kg of ethephon is used to dip the green peel fruit after harvest for half a minute, or spray ethephon evenly to make each fruit stained. After two days of accumulation and coverage, the green peel can be separated from the core and expanded and begin to take off. Walnuts should be cleaned in time after peeling the rotten green skin, soil or other dirt remaining on the surface of the nuts. After washing, bleach, namely soak in sodium hypochlorite solution diluted 4-6 times for 4-5 minutes, take out nuts after whitening, rinse nuts with clean water, and put them on reed mats to dry. Generally, it should be dried in a cool and ventilated place for half a day. After the surface of nuts dries, they should be transferred to the outside for 5-7 days, during which they should be turned frequently. Drying can also be done in a baking oven, and the moisture content of the nuts at the end of drying should be less than 8%. Click for more pecan growing techniques Click for more fruit growing techniques