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- UK gardeners brutting—bending cobnut side shoots in late summer while attached—to boost yields.
- Cobnuts harvested in August have a fresh, delicate flavor before they begin ripening.
- Cultivated hazel varieties produce larger cobnut crops and have been grown since Roman times.
- Plant dormant saplings November–late winter and prune after catkins appear, keeping ten outward leaders.
- Because cobnut trees are monoecious, some cultivars need another tree for pollination; wild hazel usually suffices.