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Post by Sandbur on Oct 13, 2021 4:07:14 GMT -6
The final tally harvest was 119 nuts in 49 burs. The amazing thing was every bur I collected had at least one pollinated nut in it. Very few had only one. The later the bur seemed have all 3 nuts pollinated. Those nuts were noticeably smaller than burs with single nuts. The trees are putting on a lot of growth each year. I’d expect the output to double next year if I can beat the squirrels. When the chestnut sellers grade the nuts they rate them with small, medium, large. For growing purposes would you want a tree that produces smaller nuts but has 3 nuts per bur or a large nut that only produces one nut per bur? Do you think the nut size will carry on via genetics or is it just a crowding issue with no change in genetics? By the way, this Bur has only produced two small nuts.
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Post by nhmountains on Oct 13, 2021 5:36:36 GMT -6
The final tally harvest was 119 nuts in 49 burs. The amazing thing was every bur I collected had at least one pollinated nut in it. Very few had only one. The later the bur seemed have all 3 nuts pollinated. Those nuts were noticeably smaller than burs with single nuts. The trees are putting on a lot of growth each year. I’d expect the output to double next year if I can beat the squirrels. When the chestnut sellers grade the nuts they rate them with small, medium, large. For growing purposes would you want a tree that produces smaller nuts but has 3 nuts per bur or a large nut that only produces one nut per bur? Do you think the nut size will carry on via genetics or is it just a crowding issue with no change in genetics? By the way, this Bur has only produced two small nuts. The cultivar variety will have size differences from one to another but, I now believe the size is mainly due to the number of pollinated nuts per bur. Other factors would be sunlight
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Oct 16, 2021 9:30:51 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Oct 17, 2021 17:59:05 GMT -6
Kids sent me a picture of one of the Dunstans in the yard this morning. Not bad said had about 80 chestnuts on one tree this year. Those trees look great Mo. Do you remember what year you planted them?
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Oct 18, 2021 5:26:33 GMT -6
Kids sent me a picture of one of the Dunstans in the yard this morning. Not bad said had about 80 chestnuts on one tree this year. Those trees look great Mo. Do you remember what year you planted them? 2013 I believe.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Oct 18, 2021 5:30:53 GMT -6
This was in 2013, so may have planted these in 2012 not 13. The ones that survived have done well. 45 out of 100
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Post by nhmountains on Oct 18, 2021 10:02:12 GMT -6
I think the Dunstans take a few years longer to get established than what I had read and thought. I found 5 yesterday that I planted from seed 6-7 years ago that are now 6’ tall and looking like they may take off next year. I’m going to open them up this winter.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Nov 6, 2021 18:16:58 GMT -6
Boys managed to save me 50 chestnuts. Deer have otherwise got them all.
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Post by nhmountains on Dec 12, 2021 9:09:34 GMT -6
We went to the local Greek restaurant for dinner last night. I’d told the owner earlier about our chestnut harvest this fall. She had been just about in tears talking about the chestnuts in her home town in Greece. She went on and on. Well when we were leaving she said hold on a minute I have something for you. She brought us a seedling chestnut grown from nuts from her village in Greece. I’m not sure if it’ll live in our zone at the camp so I may plant it at my father in-law’s. I can tell by the leaves it’s European.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 1, 2022 9:39:42 GMT -6
I did a search for chestnuts and this thread popped up.
Apparently, some chestnuts can survive in towns around here for at least long enough to bloom. I've seen a couple chestnuts (no idea what variety) blooming in the towns to the east and west of me in the last week.
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 1, 2022 9:46:36 GMT -6
I did a search for chestnuts and this thread popped up. Apparently, some chestnuts can survive in towns around here for at least long enough to bloom. I've seen a couple chestnuts (no idea what variety) blooming in the towns to the east and west of me in the last week. I used to have what was probably a buckeye or horse chestnut. It was here when we bought the place and nothing ever ate the nuts. Could that be what you are seeing? I cut it down as it was starting to shade the garden.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 1, 2022 9:50:14 GMT -6
I did a search for chestnuts and this thread popped up. Apparently, some chestnuts can survive in towns around here for at least long enough to bloom. I've seen a couple chestnuts (no idea what variety) blooming in the towns to the east and west of me in the last week. I used to have what was probably a buckeye or horse chestnut. It was here when we bought the place and nothing ever ate the nuts. Could that be what you are seeing? I cut it down as it was starting to shade the garden. Possible I suppose. I didn't get out of the truck and walk up to them.
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 3, 2022 12:58:08 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 18, 2022 20:25:55 GMT -6
My father in-law has one tree that is loaded with burs an the larger tree had a thousand catkins but, no burs that I can see. The burs on tge smaller tree should’ve gotten pollinated.
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Post by Sandbur on Jul 19, 2022 4:42:09 GMT -6
My father in-law has one tree that is loaded with burs an the larger tree had a thousand catkins but, no burs that I can see. The burs on tge smaller tree should’ve gotten pollinated. Good to hear from you, Carl!
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