Some of this year's chestnut seedlings

[castanea]

Back row, left to right are seedlings from
Bergantz,
a Chinese x Japanese tree,
an American x European tree,
Qing
and Chiusa Pesio.
Front row, left to right are seedlings from
McDonald,
Marron de Donna,
Silverleaf,
Skookum
and Bouche de Betizac.

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[richardw]

Quite a variation in in growth, what do you put that down to?

[castanea]

Mostly, extremely diverse genetics.

The Chiusa Pesio though, just popped up much earlier than anything else so that's why it's bigger.

[steev]

Sixteen of the 21 seeds you sent me are growing/surviving, at least one of each variety; thanks so much! Next Fall, I'll decide whether they go on the East or West side of the farm; prolly the West, jiggering the riega being easier there and having a line of holes I'd drilled but not used. Planting anything outside the "veggie-corral" is always an issue of caging, so that whatever isn't destroyed by rabbits, pigs, deer, or elk.