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Post by nhmountains on Jun 10, 2020 15:58:20 GMT -6
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Post by Catscratch on Jun 10, 2020 15:59:43 GMT -6
^^^ nice looking trees!
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 10, 2020 17:10:55 GMT -6
Thanks Cat. My 91 year old father in-law has been waiting for them to produce for a long time. I want him to see them produce before he passes on. He was worried earlier this spring because they were late waking up. When these trees get some age to them they really push large crops.
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 12, 2020 17:20:54 GMT -6
I checked my chestnuts on my land today. No signs of catkins yet. Maybe they’ll show next week or maybe next year. Lol This is a hybrid from Oikos. I’m hoping it’s got sone Chinese in it so it has blight resistance. This little guy made a big enough jump last year I will clear on the east and south sides this winter. This tree was always a little smaller than the one below. It looks like it leaped by the one below last year. I was hoping it would have catkins this year. This one had a single catkin last year so I was expecting it to have several this year. I’ll check next weekend. Maybe they’ll be a week or two behind my in-laws trees.
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Post by smallchunk on Jun 14, 2020 22:16:12 GMT -6
These Americans surprised me and survived the late frost that claimed one of my Apple trees. The first one must be getting to about 16-18’
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 14, 2020 23:30:44 GMT -6
Nice SC. Did you check the limb tips over closely for catkins? They look like they’d be having some this year.
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Post by smallchunk on Jun 15, 2020 10:04:11 GMT -6
I have no idea what to look for....lol. I'll google and see what I can find!
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Post by smallchunk on Jun 15, 2020 10:06:59 GMT -6
Ahhh, so the weird green caterpillar looking things?
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 15, 2020 11:15:19 GMT -6
Ahhh, so the weird green caterpillar looking things? Sort of. More like pipe cleaners when they bloom. The burs will form on them but, the first year they may not. Look out at the tips of branches. They’ll produce the pollen when they turn color and bloom.
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 21, 2020 12:31:03 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 21, 2020 16:12:04 GMT -6
I found this interesting they could trick a first year tree into producing pollen. I hope the FDA approves the wheat gene variety.
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 30, 2020 16:32:26 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Aug 3, 2020 18:53:21 GMT -6
I learn more about chestnuts each year but, I’m stumped. My in-laws have two Dunstans I grew from seed. The larger tree was loaded with hundreds of catkins this year so I figured it would have plenty of burs. I couldn’t find one bur on it. The smaller tree had a few catkins this year so I was hoping they’d cross pollinate. It has 8 burs that I could find. Larger tree. Zero catkins but, it’ll be pushing 20’ next year and it’s almost touching the other tree. Smaller tree. Has 8 burs that I saw.
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Post by nhmountains on Aug 24, 2020 20:48:42 GMT -6
I checked my in-laws Dunstan today. The smaller tree still has several burs. One but is noticeably larger than ones near it. Maybe it got pollinated? The bur on the right was much larger than the bur on the left. This bur was noticeably larger than others as well.
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Post by nhmountains on Oct 4, 2020 11:36:34 GMT -6
I checked the larger tree Friday. The bur was just opening but, up high. The gray squirrels got to it over the weekend. There’s two smaller burs on it but, I doubt they’re pollinated.
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