Pumpkin Center, Kern County, California. This article is about the unincorporated community in Kern County. For the unincorporated community in Lassen County, see Pumpkin Center, Lassen County, California.
When to harvest chestnuts? Chestnuts donât ripen at the same time and chestnut harvest time can span as much as five weeks, although the nuts generally ripen in a 10- to 30-day span of time in late August and September. Allow the nuts to fall from the tree naturally.
Harvest your almonds when about 95 percent of the hulls on the tree have split open, exposing the shells inside. Start a little sooner, if necessary, to keep the birds from making off with your crop and to prevent insect infestation, beginning when when about 75 percent of the treeâs hulls have split open.