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The Mature Pine Nut / Fruit and Harvesting Process

The mature pinyon pine cone and containing pine nuts is ready to harvest ten days before the green cone begins to open. One can harvest a cone by placing it in a burlap bag and expose it to a heat source such as the sun to begin the drying process. It takes approximately 20 days from that time until the cone fully opens. Once it is fully open and dry the fruit (seed) or pine nut can be easily extracted in various ways. The most common and practical extracting method used for the pinenut is to repeatedly hit the cone(s) in the burlap bag against a rough surface in order to cause it to shatter leaving just the job of separating by hand the pinenuts from the residue within the bag.

Another option for harvesting is to wait until the cone opens on the tree (as it naturally will) and harvest the cone from the pinyon pine, followed by the extracting process mentioned above.

On a further note one can simply gather and collect any fallen seed or pine nuts off the floor of the tree.

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The pinyon pinecone is fully mature and ready to harvest ten days before it begins to open up, this is also around the same time the Pinon Nut is ready as well. This occurs approximately between the 10th and 15th of September of each year. You have the option to harvest the cone while it is still closed and green and than place it on/in the burlap sack to begin the drying process to allow easy extraction of the pinenuts. The drying process takes approximately 20 days. Than you can shake the cone around inside the burlap sack or hit the bag against a tough surface allowing the nut to be released from the cone. By this you separate the fruit from the cone.

You also have the option to wait for the pinyon pinecone to open fully on the tree and gather the pinyon pine cone in a bag. The most practical way is to climb on an aluminum extended ladder by placing it against the pinyon pine tree, climbing to gather the fruit. After gathering about half a burlap bag full you can repeatedly hit the bag against a tough surface which will release the fruit and pine nut from the cone separating the residue from the pinenut.

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PineNuts Info, is pleased to begin offering information on the American organic grown Jumbo Soft Shell Pine Nuts and on New Mexico Hard Shell Pinon Nuts. These Pine nut and pinon nut variety get a lot of commotion online in regards to questions on the diversity of a pinenut and its geographical spread. First question, when is the best time to harvest either of these varieties of pine nut / Pinon nut? The answer is without any doubt in the late summer around the 10th day of September by picking the cone directly from the tree using a 20 ft. aluminum ladder, reclining it against the pinenut or pinon nut tree at a 35 degree angle and climbing the ladder with a picking bag strapped around your shoulders, wearing a thick shirt and pants and some industrial rubber gloves to protect you against pine needle exposure and pine gum. Pine gum is very sticky towards your skin and difficult to remove if your not careful when grabbing the pinenuts. We found out that by using water soluable hand cleaner, that you can easily buy at any auto parts store (without sand), it does a great job at removing any pine gum residue on your skin or hair that you get from harvesting the pine nuts. Once the cone is picked off the tree you would want to place it in a burlap bag until it dries and opens up in order to extract the Nevada Jumbo Soft Shell Pine nut or the New Mexico Hard Shell Pinon nuts. By following this simple procedure you become more productive in your time and efforts as a pinenut harvester. Once the nut is extracted you can float them or blow them with a blower to remove hollow ones and any pine cone residue. Either way works good.

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