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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 9:03:59 GMT -5
Castenea dentata: if you have planted out one of the modern (resistant to blight) American chestnuts, and it has filled nuts, I'm very interested in some of your nuts.
I'd be willing to swap, purchase, or SASE for a flat-rate box of them.
I use this sort of tree seed in reforesty projects, both locally to me (here) and via Robin Marble's N4S give aways.
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Post by garrett on Jan 11, 2014 10:10:23 GMT -5
copp I aint sure but aren't the replacement americans a hybrid?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2014 16:03:24 GMT -5
Red some are partly Chinese hydrids, some are all American hybrids. The latter are reistant children breed together.
American chestnut is nigh the mother of all trees. Only some redwoods were bigger. They made mast like the mother of all trees too.
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Post by garrett on Jan 14, 2014 1:14:54 GMT -5
smiles thanks copp.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2014 9:38:48 GMT -5
The taste of chestnut unlike of say pecan, does not keep me awake nights. But it makes so many nuts that you can feed a whole mob of swine from just a few trees.
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Post by garrett on Jan 17, 2014 10:23:28 GMT -5
hmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnn......
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Post by LinFL on Jan 18, 2014 1:16:50 GMT -5
Uh-oh! Now Garrett wants a chestnut orchard and a herd of swine.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 9:54:22 GMT -5
Garrets hurdle is I think he is on the frontier (for adequate rain) for chestnut. Maybe he could, an' maybe he don't get enough.
The midget black walnut he collected a while back is a tree of the plains...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 9:56:27 GMT -5
Hickories, pecans are tap-root dominant. And will grow down to water if there is any (and he waters them long enough to get to water).
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Post by garrett on Jan 18, 2014 10:23:05 GMT -5
scored some Oregon chestnuts on ebay copp.various nut sizes....specifics unknown.jez chestnut.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 15:01:43 GMT -5
Try them, try them! Plant them, plant them!
You may be on the too dry frontier, but nothing planted, nothing gained. When its time to plant them to field dig an extra big hole and put all brush in it. Well mostly brush and a little soil. Of anything you have talked about they need a hugelkultr the most.
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Post by garrett on Jan 21, 2014 1:06:27 GMT -5
i'll get em out in a week or two.you want any for yourself cop? gonna send one package soon with baby oaks and maybe chestnuts iffin you want em? Charles do you need any chestnuts>?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2014 9:58:32 GMT -5
Sure I am still replanting at wisteria. I think you wanna taste test 'em before you plant them to field (in case they are Chinese chestnuts which can be inedible).
Wisterians are hippies. Whats a little trotts between friends?
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Post by coffeebreak on Jan 22, 2014 12:00:55 GMT -5
Red I would like to say yes to about 5 nuts But I think I might be to far South for Chestnuts. Don't Know if would like my Climate ?
Charles
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2014 18:08:26 GMT -5
Red I would like to say yes to about 5 nuts But I think I might be to far South for Chestnuts. Don't Know if would like my Climate ? Charles Petersens' Eastern trees (map) shows the home range of chestnut pretty south in AL and LA. I think its rainfall more than chilling hours Charles. try some.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 7:44:36 GMT -5
FWIW there is a related deep southern tree called a chinquapin worthy of a look-see. By report its edible too.
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Post by w8n4dave on Jan 23, 2014 11:22:25 GMT -5
We have a chestnut tree out back. Not sure what kind it is. I just "Came Up" We get Chestnuts from it
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 13:05:04 GMT -5
Tom pulls on his artist over-alls. Holds up his thumb squints one eye and expounds;
From biggest to smallest chestnuts run like this; castenea dentata, is American chest nut and is a honking big tree at maturity. So big in fact that there probably aren't any full sized ones post the plague that kilt most of them in the early 1900's.
Castenea mollissima, is Chinese chestnut. According to Dirr its edible so is highbush cranberry. I think he's lieing for both of them...
lastly castenea pumilla, or chinkapin chestnut, which has as its home range parts of TX and LA. its also supposed to be immune to the chestnut plague...
So-o-o garret if you can get the Latin for your chestnuts, who knows you might be getting a real good hit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 13:12:03 GMT -5
We have a chestnut tree out back. Not sure what kind it is. I just "Came Up" We get Chestnuts from it Hold that thought Wendy, chestnut don't store hardly at all. When it gets to be late-ish in August your chestnuts could well get real popular. FWIW even Chinese chestnuts will get hauled away by your local squirrels. Expect to need to fight them for them when they come around again.
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Post by garrett on Jan 25, 2014 12:02:13 GMT -5
nuts in edible.gonna drop some this weekend.
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Post by garrett on Jan 25, 2014 12:02:20 GMT -5
nuts in edible.gonna drop some this weekend.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 17:23:15 GMT -5
nuts in edible.gonna drop some this weekend. Go Red Go!
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Post by w8n4dave on Jan 25, 2014 21:11:16 GMT -5
We have a chestnut tree out back. Not sure what kind it is. I just "Came Up" We get Chestnuts from it Hold that thought Wendy, chestnut don't store hardly at all. When it gets to be late-ish in August your chestnuts could well get real popular. FWIW even Chinese chestnuts will get hauled away by your local squirrels. Expect to need to fight them for them when they come around again. I brought a few inside Just cuz I have never seen them before I will take a pic
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Post by coffeebreak on Jan 26, 2014 9:10:49 GMT -5
Wendy the nuts in that pic are not chestnut they are Hickory nuts
Charles
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Post by w8n4dave on Jan 26, 2014 9:19:06 GMT -5
Well crap!! Nag dab it!! Thought they were Chest nuts!! Ohhh well I tried Now that you say that I think my hubbs did say Hickory.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 11:26:50 GMT -5
Well crap!! Nag dab it!! Thought they were Chest nuts!! Ohhh well I tried Now that you say that I think my hubbs did say Hickory. Thems dandy nuts too! I can just about promise next summer-fall you'll have barter-able stuff with those hickory. Take a deep breath...
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Post by w8n4dave on Jan 26, 2014 16:25:34 GMT -5
Ok Ha ha lol I have some Hickory nuts if your interested LOL ... I did show them to hubbs and sad "What kind of nuts are these?" Of course he said "Hickory" LOL I said "are you sure they are not Chestnuts?" He said "They are Hickory" I
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Post by garrett on Jan 29, 2014 10:46:05 GMT -5
hickory loves texas too......smiles
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 13:11:32 GMT -5
Hickory is a tap root dominant tree. If you water it enough to find water its tap root can be 100+ feet deep.
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Post by garrett on Jan 30, 2014 13:07:46 GMT -5
copp been crazy busy over here..i'll get seeds and a few surprises out in the next 7 days.smiles
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