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Post by castanea on Jan 1, 2015 17:19:31 GMT -5
For anyone who wants to try growing chestnut trees, I have seed nuts available. They are not for sale; they are free, no shipping charge either. I will post photos of some of them in a little while.
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Post by castanea on Jan 1, 2015 17:23:27 GMT -5
For anyone who wants to try growing chestnut trees, I have seed nuts available. They are not for sale; they are free, no shipping charge either. I will post photos of some of them in a little while. Szego hybrid nuts - large, easy peeling and very tasty:  |
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Post by castanea on Jan 1, 2015 17:43:21 GMT -5
For anyone who wants to try growing chestnut trees, I have seed nuts available. They are not for sale; they are free, no shipping charge either. I will post photos of some of them in a little while. Patterson Chinese chestnuts - large size, easy peeling and very sweet.  |
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Post by 12540dumont on Jan 3, 2015 17:14:44 GMT -5
And, they go great. My leetle trees are not so leetle anymore!
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Post by castanea on Jan 4, 2015 20:28:48 GMT -5
And, they go great. My leetle trees are not so leetle anymore! Good to hear! |
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Post by nathanp on Jan 4, 2015 22:17:34 GMT -5
Are any of your seeds American hybrids?
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Post by reed on Jan 5, 2015 17:18:58 GMT -5
For anyone who wants to try growing chestnut trees, I have seed nuts available. They are not for sale; they are free, no shipping charge either. I will post photos of some of them in a little while. I would love to have a few but first can you tell me what conditions they like, water, soil and so forth? Don't want to waste them if I don't have what they need. I do have a nice gentle north slope area where hickory and maple are happy, would that work? I'm in zone 6. |
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Post by castanea on Jan 5, 2015 21:04:42 GMT -5
Are any of your seeds American hybrids? Not really. A few have 25% or less American in them. |
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Post by castanea on Jan 5, 2015 21:07:48 GMT -5
For anyone who wants to try growing chestnut trees, I have seed nuts available. They are not for sale; they are free, no shipping charge either. I will post photos of some of them in a little while. I would love to have a few but first can you tell me what conditions they like, water, soil and so forth? Don't want to waste them if I don't have what they need. I do have a nice gentle north slope area where hickory and maple are happy, would that work? I'm in zone 6. They like well drained neutral-acidic soil. They need about the same amount of water that an apple tree of comparable size would need. Slopes are generally well drained. That would be good if the soil is not alkaline. |
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Post by reed on Jan 6, 2015 11:56:13 GMT -5
I would like to give them a try if you have them to spare. I'll message my address. Do they have a large tap root? If so I'll plant them direct if not I'll start them in pots. I assume like everything else I'll need to guard them from the deer.
Thank you.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jan 6, 2015 21:09:13 GMT -5
Look under chestnuts in history, Castanea posted a thread about starting them. I had a 100% germ rate following the technique.
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Post by reed on Jan 7, 2015 4:22:56 GMT -5
I found the video posted about it, very interesting. I'm getting excited to grow try them. My friends in N. Carolina have three or four in their yard that I think just grew there, one in particular is rather large, certainly taller than the others and the house. It is also close to the house and they don't like it cause of the burrs, he grumbles about cutting it down. Next time I'm down there I will pay more attention to those trees, maybe I can get some nuts or find a baby or two to dig up.
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Post by castanea on Jan 7, 2015 23:22:38 GMT -5
Schlarbaum nuts - 1/2 Japanese and 1/2 Chinese. Large nuts that peel very well.  |
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Post by darrenabbey on Jan 9, 2015 9:43:38 GMT -5
For anyone who wants to try growing chestnut trees, I have seed nuts available. They are not for sale; they are free, no shipping charge either. I will post photos of some of them in a little while. I just got a new house and am interested in planting one of these chestnut trees, if still available. It would be a good pairing to the large-sweet-seed burr oak I collected in Texas (not enough seeds to share, unfortunately). I've got a sandy slope in mind for them. How large do you expect the trees to get? How old before first fruiting? |
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Post by coppice on Jan 9, 2015 10:38:01 GMT -5
I just got a new house and am interested in planting one of these chestnut trees, if still available. It would be a good pairing to the large-sweet-seed burr oak I collected in Texas (not enough seeds to share, unfortunately). I've got a sandy slope in mind for them. How large do you expect the trees to get? How old before first fruiting? Big, bigger than big. Chestnut was the sequoia of the east. Plus you will need to plant two. if you must, talk a neighbor into growing the second tree. |
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