Nut season: how almonds and hazelnuts are grown in Ukraine, and what prices

The nut season begins in Ukraine. In addition to the usual Ukrainian walnuts, they also produced almonds and hazelnuts. And while the walnuts are still ripe, the other nuts have already given the first harvest. TSN tells how they are grown and how much they cost. Previously, exotic varieties of nuts, such as hazelnuts and almonds, were imported to Ukraine only by sea, through the port of Odessa. Now these plants can be seen near Odessa. More than a hundred hectares of young hazelnuts are located on the shores of the Hadjibey estuary. The three-year-old trees adapted well to the Ukrainian climate and gave their first harvest this year. It grows tastier on Ukrainian chernozems, and it is no more difficult to grow it than to take care of a traditional apple orchard. This year, the nut even saved the farmers who grow it, it went bankrupt. A kilo of peeled hazelnuts costs about 7 euros, and from a hectare of trees aged 6 years you can get at least two tons of nuts. Also in the Odessa ...