Guest guest Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 It should be black or dark brown... We discussed this some time back ... here is the exerpt from that discussion. The best is to harvest the hull in the fall after the nut has been ejected naturally, and the hull has started to turn black or is already black. Sometimes you have to pick 'em off the ground and take the nut out yourself, and this is OK as long as they are still hard. You then want to let the hull dry out naturally and it will turn darker as you do so. The reason for this is: The blacker the hull, the higher the Iodine content which is what you want. Green hulls when tinctured willwork to some degree, but nowhere near as awesome as when black. Black Walnut Hull Tincture should be black when you're done pressing it. Use 100 Proof Vodka as your extractor. You can grind the hull before you tincture, or during the entire mixing process. You can soak the hulls overnight in the blender with the alcohol which softens them for the grinding/blending process. The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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