The paper aims to determine water and fertilizer requirements of walnut growth as well as appropriate water and fertilizer management measures. The 1-year-old walnut seedlings were used as experimental materials, and 5 different irrigation gradients were set up under 60% fertilization amount, and drip irrigation was conducted 1 time every 10 days. Treatment TG1 was 1000 mL/time irrigation, and the other drip irrigation treatments were 85% (TG2), 70% (TG3), 55% (TG4), and 40% (TG5) of TG1. The results showed that under the drip fertilization method with 60% fertilization amount, the soil alkali-hydrolyzed nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium and seedling growth index increased first and then decreased with the decrease of irrigation amount. Among them, the effect of irrigation was most significant in the range of 700-850 mL/time (treatment TG2 and TG3). The soil alkali-hydrolyzed nitrogen, available phosphorus and available potassium of TG2 and TG3 treated seedlings were significantly higher than those of TG1, with an increase of 15.96%, 23.58% and 12.25%, and 13.33%, 7.53% and 18.37%, respectively. Plant root length and root vigor of TG2 and TG3 were 0.95 and 1.036 times, and 1.125 and 1.14 times those of TG1, respectively. Seedling leaf area, leaf water content and chlorophyll content also increased. The content of total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in leaf were significantly higher than those of TG1. The plant height and ground diameter of TG2 and TG3 were the highest, which were 30.67 cm and 8.37 mm, and 32 cm and 8.25 mm, respectively. In summary, under drip irrigation, when the irrigation amount is 700-850 mL/time, it can effectively improve soil fertility and soil environment, and promote the growth of walnut seedlings.