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Post by smallchunk on Aug 15, 2019 7:44:36 GMT -6
I didn't see any, but didn't get up on a ladder or anything to look.
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Post by nhmountains on Aug 15, 2019 17:51:17 GMT -6
I didn't see any, but didn't get up on a ladder or anything to look. You wouldn’t have missed the catkins. They look like pipe cleaners. Best wishes to you and your new bride this weekend and thereafter.
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Post by nhmountains on Sept 30, 2019 16:53:52 GMT -6
I checked my in-laws one chestnut bur last week. It’s still bright green. I check with my ACF guy and he said his are still Green as well. No sign of going brown yet. That puts them at least 2 weeks behind last year. Maybe 3. I’d never have thought chestnuts drop time would vary they much from year to year. So I’m guessing apples could vary that much from year to year as well.
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Post by nhmountains on Oct 16, 2019 3:27:31 GMT -6
I harvested the Dunstan bur on my in-laws tree last Sunday. October 14 isn’t a bad date if that happened every year. Unfortunately the bur was not pollinated so no nuts. My ACF guy said his hybrids were loaded and he’s got nuts for me. This tree should produce a lot of burs next year and the other one next to it should be ready.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Oct 16, 2019 3:36:36 GMT -6
I harvested the Dunstan bur on my in-laws tree last Sunday. October 14 isn’t a bad date if that happened every year. Unfortunately the bur was not pollinated so no nuts. My ACF guy said his hybrids were loaded and he’s got nuts for me. This tree should produce a lot of burs next year and the other one next to it should be ready. My trees look about the same. Producing a few burrs with no nuts inside. That is 2 years in a row for me. Hoping next year will be the explosion of burrs with nuts inside.
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Post by nhmountains on May 18, 2020 11:39:05 GMT -6
This should be the year my in-laws chestnuts produce nuts. He’s 91 so time is moving fast. He was worried they didn’t make it through the winter because he checked them last week and they hadn’t budded yet. I checked them today today and they’re fine.
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Post by Bwoods11 on May 18, 2020 14:10:18 GMT -6
What is the difference between Dunstan and Chinese Chestnuts?
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Post by nhmountains on May 18, 2020 15:06:31 GMT -6
What is the difference between Dunstan and Chinese Chestnuts? Not a lot of your just looking to get a tree that produces nuts. The Dunstan were originally made by a guy in Ohio who had a line surviving American chestnut. He crossed it with 3 varieties of Chinese to come up with a blight resistant tree. chestnuthilltreefarm.com/learning-center/dunstan-chestnut-history-2/
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Post by nhmountains on May 27, 2020 22:19:06 GMT -6
Looks like this one survived the winter and is waking up. If the moose stay away now may those upper branches will start pumping some growth.
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 7, 2020 15:35:10 GMT -6
I checked my in-laws chestnuts today. Both of them have catkins so this may be the year they finally produce nuts. I didn’t get photos but, maybe tomorrow. I’d say my trees up north are 1-2 weeks behind my in-laws.
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 7, 2020 20:26:37 GMT -6
I’m throwing this link out there because I found this an interesting farming/habitat approach. The farm is in Wisconsin and has transformed over the past 30 years. He’s bred chestnuts that survive there. There’s nice aerials of his farm layout. .
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Post by jbird on Jun 8, 2020 18:00:43 GMT -6
We had a hard late frost here this year and my Chestnuts got burned bad. I have one tree that was 8 foot tall that died. I had another die from root rot last year. My whip sized trees all had the whip die back tot he ground...they are fighting back, but I don't know if they will make it. The 2 bigger ones I do have that lived look like hell (missing half their leaves). My persimmons all got toasted as well.... The apples and crabs don't have any fruit, but they are fine otherwise. The frost was bad enough it burnt back my sawtooths as well, but they seem to be resilient little fuckers! If it ain't too much rain, not enough rain or the deer trying to rub them to death or eat it....then the damn frost gets them!
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 8, 2020 18:14:27 GMT -6
We had a hard late frost here this year and my Chestnuts got burned bad. I have one tree that was 8 foot tall that died. I had another die from root rot last year. My whip sized trees all had the whip die back tot he ground...they are fighting back, but I don't know if they will make it. The 2 bigger ones I do have that lived look like hell (missing half their leaves). My persimmons all got toasted as well.... The apples and crabs don't have any fruit, but they are fine otherwise. The frost was bad enough it burnt back my sawtooths as well, but they seem to be resilient little fuckers! If it ain't too much rain, not enough rain or the deer trying to rub them to death or eat it....then the damn frost gets them! I doubt that that late frost will kill them. It will set them back though. I had that happen a few years ago and they eventually leafed out later on in the summer. How long ago did they get hit? That’s why I have a love/hate relationship with late springs here. The early springs usually have a late frost/snow or two. The late spring usually go from snow to the 80s but, my apples, oaks usually have better crops that way.
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 8, 2020 18:19:26 GMT -6
I did speak to my ACF contact and mentioned it seems like my in-laws chestnuts are a month ahead of last year. He said the late May warm up jump started them. Last year was a later year for them so this is probably the average date for them.
I’ll need to check my larger ones on my land this weekend to see if they have the catkins this year. One had one single catkin last year. It should have several more this year. I just need to have the one close by to have them as well.
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Post by jbird on Jun 9, 2020 13:14:10 GMT -6
We had a hard late frost here this year and my Chestnuts got burned bad. I have one tree that was 8 foot tall that died. I had another die from root rot last year. My whip sized trees all had the whip die back tot he ground...they are fighting back, but I don't know if they will make it. The 2 bigger ones I do have that lived look like hell (missing half their leaves). My persimmons all got toasted as well.... The apples and crabs don't have any fruit, but they are fine otherwise. The frost was bad enough it burnt back my sawtooths as well, but they seem to be resilient little fuckers! If it ain't too much rain, not enough rain or the deer trying to rub them to death or eat it....then the damn frost gets them! I doubt that that late frost will kill them. It will set them back though. I had that happen a few years ago and they eventually leafed out later on in the summer. How long ago did they get hit? That’s why I have a love/hate relationship with late springs here. The early springs usually have a late frost/snow or two. The late spring usually go from snow to the 80s but, my apples, oaks usually have better crops that way. I have not dug them up yet so they will have a chance to prove to me they are still alive. But no signs of life before fall, and I'll put something else in their place. My "orchards" are pretty small so you either grow and produce or your out! I think I have bought my last Dunstan however....The ones I have will have to prove to me they are worth it...before I go adding more. So far my crabs are impressing me so if they do well....I may lean far more heavily in that direction. Time will tell, but for now.....Dunstans are on hold on my place.
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