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Must be different 3 year cycles for different trees. There are bunya nuts available every year here in North Queensland, perhaps not from the same trees maybe?

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Fascinating! So these take the three full years to develop from the time of pollination and all of the trees are in sync?

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Feb 9Liked by JP

Awesome article! Will definitely try some bunya. Super informative and well-written. Kudos!

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A few times I’ve opened nuts that hadn’t fully matured. Very disappointing to collect a wheel barrow full and end up with nothing☹️ I have however grown a small tree from seed. I started with more but the rats got them. One tree won’t do me much good though 😀

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Fascinating! Never heard of them, thank you for sharing.

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I posted about these recently. We get them every year, but some years are better than others. Or maybe we just have so many that one will bear one year and the other another year. I’ve only been living on our property for three bunya harvests and so I haven’t tracked whether it’s different trees but maybe it is.

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Feb 12Liked by JP

Very cool, thanks for posting about them

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JP reveals the tree that 'naturally selects' for people with aerial awareness.

Bunya drops edible bombs. Survivors below are rewarded an incredible feast.

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