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Post by castanea on Aug 1, 2016 0:31:09 GMT -5
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Post by prairiegarden on Aug 2, 2016 19:23:58 GMT -5
interesting videos... nice to see someone so absolutely committed to what they are doing. I wish he had said what to do about ground squirrels or gophers though. Chestnuts seem to attract every sort of wildlife going wanting to eat on them.
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Post by castanea on Aug 3, 2016 21:18:37 GMT -5
interesting videos... nice to see someone so absolutely committed to what they are doing. I wish he had said what to do about ground squirrels or gophers though. Chestnuts seem to attract every sort of wildlife going wanting to eat on them. You can send him an email at: ttfarm279@gmail.com This is his website: www.twisted-tree.net/ |
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Post by jocelyn on Nov 27, 2016 10:37:59 GMT -5
He's a pleasant chatty soul too. He also posts on the TACF listserve, and that's dedicated to only chestnuts. lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=TACF-GROWERSFor serious chestnut enthusiasts, it's a good place to read up, and to take part. |
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Post by jocelyn on Nov 27, 2016 10:39:03 GMT -5
I forgot to mention, I have a few chestnuts on the home place and a bunch more in our woods.
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Post by richardw on Dec 5, 2016 12:39:02 GMT -5
Interesting videos, the people next door who still live in the city bought the block of land to plant it out in about 100 Chestnuts, 1000+ Hazelnut and a small number Almonds. Great having a potential food source handy if and when the 'shit hits the fan', the chestnuts are still small but are growing few nuts each year. Good there's no wildlife here to get into them too.
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Post by synergy on Dec 24, 2016 1:57:33 GMT -5
Of the chestnuts that Castanea kindly sent me, two germinated and live still, growing ever so slowly in half barrels that made the move with me to my new home . They will get planted out this spring on the forest edge , thank you so much !
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Post by synergy on May 22, 2017 19:19:44 GMT -5
Both my chestnuts are planted out and are doing well, today I buried my grandfathers ashes in the soil by the one chestnut as I thought it would perhaps never be disturbed .
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Post by jocelyn on May 23, 2017 5:14:07 GMT -5
Ah, that's nice....your granddad would like that.
Re critters eating your tiny trees....mothballs. Buy mothballs, leave them in the plastic packet they come in, the clear plastic inside the main bag. Lay a packet next to each tree and they hide the yummy smell of chestnut shoots. Place one in early summer, very late fall and very early spring. That works for here, PEI. Voles and squirrels won't eat them if the mothballs are still present. Even blue jays won't pull them up. Keep an eye on the mothballs though, they do eventually melt away and need replacing.
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