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Post by MikeH on Nov 6, 2011 10:09:09 GMT -5
Talking about Chestnuts, maybe someone can answer me this (as I feel like chatting to you guys instead of googling), but what are the varieties that they grow in Europe versus the Chinese kind. The European are quite large and similar looking to the Chinese. I understand that they have to do some management to reduce blight damage there. As for the Chinese, I've been told that they are resistant to blight. How resistant? Thanks guys. Resistant enough to blight that they've been back-crossed with American chestnuts - arboretum.psu.edu/research/orchard.htmlIn Canada, you can get hybrids from Grimo - www.grimonut.com/catalog.php?catID=62 and Golden Bough Tree Farm - www.goldenboughtrees.ca/nut.shtmlRegards, Mike |
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Post by castanea on Aug 26, 2012 10:59:16 GMT -5
After you buy them, float them in water. Don't plant the floaters. Thank you. In your experience, would the floaters usually be fit to eat? I was just looking through this old thread and saw this question. Floaters are often OK to eat but sometimes they are too dried out or even moldy. |
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Post by castanea on Aug 26, 2012 11:05:28 GMT -5
Talking about Chestnuts, maybe someone can answer me this (as I feel like chatting to you guys instead of googling), but what are the varieties that they grow in Europe versus the Chinese kind. The European are quite large and similar looking to the Chinese. I understand that they have to do some management to reduce blight damage there. As for the Chinese, I've been told that they are resistant to blight. How resistant? Thanks guys. Resistant enough to blight that they've been back-crossed with American chestnuts - arboretum.psu.edu/research/orchard.htmlIn Canada, you can get hybrids from Grimo - www.grimonut.com/catalog.php?catID=62 and Golden Bough Tree Farm - www.goldenboughtrees.ca/nut.shtmlRegards, Mike Another Canadian nursery that has American (and other) chestnuts- www.nuttrees.com/other_edible.htmDoug Campbell also has chestnut trees but I can't find a web site- Douglas Campbell is a nurseryman and breeder. Address: RR1; Niagra-on-the-Lake; Ontario, Canada; LOS - 1JO Telephone: (905) 262 - 4927 (Evening 8 - 10 PM, Eastern Time) |
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Post by MikeH on Jan 9, 2013 17:53:32 GMT -5
From the cover of the Jan 2013 Society of Ontario Nut Growers newsletter. |
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Post by ottawagardener on Jan 9, 2013 18:40:29 GMT -5
OMG: Look at that glorious photo.
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Post by castanea on Jan 9, 2013 20:35:21 GMT -5
That's why they were called the redwoods of the east. They didn't usually get much taller than 125 feet, but when you're standing at the bottom and looking up, that's tall enough.
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Post by steev on Jan 9, 2013 21:59:43 GMT -5
Americans tended to be much shorter in 1910.
Those guys may well be kin of mine.
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Post by synergy on May 17, 2013 13:39:38 GMT -5
I am so excited some of my chestnuts from Castanea are shooting up, Hooray ! Thank you so much ! Lisa
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Post by castanea on May 18, 2013 15:39:44 GMT -5
This is an American x European hybrid chestnut tree growing in Washington state. It is about 110 years old. The tiny white figure at the base of the tree is my wife. She is 5'3". Attachments:
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Post by synergy on Nov 16, 2014 3:57:16 GMT -5
I have now about 4 chestnuts saplings that I am praying make it through the winter . If they do then I read in a magazine that it takes 50 years to produce nuts. A long while back I thought another source of information said 20 years . I am hopeful I might enjoy seeing them come to fruition but I am 50 now .
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Post by castanea on Dec 28, 2014 14:08:41 GMT -5
I have now about 4 chestnuts saplings that I am praying make it through the winter . If they do then I read in a magazine that it takes 50 years to produce nuts. A long while back I thought another source of information said 20 years . I am hopeful I might enjoy seeing them come to fruition but I am 50 now . I've had seedling chestnuts first produce at one year, two years, three years etc on up to 18 years. It depends on both genetics and climate, but you should see some of yours produce. |
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Post by steev on Dec 28, 2014 21:26:27 GMT -5
Living to 100 is becoming more common.
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Post by coppice on Mar 11, 2015 10:01:35 GMT -5
I broadcast some chinkapin and chestnuts last fall. Today I set the last I had refridgerated into germinating pans planted just over one nut deep with a thick grass clipping mulch and nested rim deep into garden bed.
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