Wondering why you have an abundance of acorns in your yard this year?
In a "mast year," trees produce vastly more acorns and walnuts than in other years.
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00:00 Has your car been getting pelted with acorns or have you yourself found yourself protecting your head from a hailstorm of walnuts?
00:10 As the case of my bonfire a few weeks ago. If so, the chances are that the trees in your region are experiencing a mast year.
00:17 Nut bearing trees like black walnuts, beech trees, acorns, and all producing from oaks, they have on and off years.
00:25 And on years are called mast years. See vigorous productions of nuts across the entire species throughout the region.
00:32 A single oak can drop thousands of acorns during this time and there's no general consensus among scientists as to why we see mast years.
00:41 But variations in temperature and natural rainfall could be contributing factors.