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Post by kabic on Apr 22, 2017 10:23:17 GMT -6
They are staying fully in cased in the screen, unless you guys think that it should be folded down to give the branches some freedom.
Also moved my Chinese Nuts I got from Wayne over at deerhunter outside the other week. I don't have high hopes for these because I didn't treat them very well over winter. Had then in my basement, but think too much water in the bags, so they started to get some mold. I then washed them off and moved them outside to my detached garage where they spent most of the winter. Some got moldy again so I washed them off again and buried placed them in dirt and covered with a thin layer.
If any grow they will be the most hardy out of the bunch.
I'm starting to think that I don't have a green thumb for growing chestnuts.
Part of my problem is that or I'm not willing to invest the money for proper setup. My take on it is these things either grow in my climate or they wont. I'm not got to baby them starting inside etc, just to plant them and they die because of my soil or temperature. If they cant start in those conditions I figure they are not for me.
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Post by nhmountains on Apr 22, 2017 21:46:43 GMT -6
I think you're fine with the screen is not preventing the leader to grow upward.
Hang in there Kabic. This one looks like it should make a growth spurt this year if it gets light.
I'm concentrating on apples and releasing red oaks this year. The chestnuts won't get as much time from me this year.
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Post by kabic on May 7, 2017 17:52:07 GMT -6
Think my two trees survived. I saw a green looking bud on each of them.
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Post by wildfire123 on May 8, 2017 10:40:34 GMT -6
Checked my 22 yesterday, they all look as they made it.
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Post by smsmith on May 8, 2017 13:40:17 GMT -6
0 signs of life on the few remaining trees I have here. I'm still hoping one or more of them wake up, but I'm not counting on it.
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Post by nhmountains on May 12, 2017 19:55:20 GMT -6
Here's some chestnuts that I overwintered at home. I dug them up tonight. All survived. One got bent over from the snow and may have lost part of the top to die back. The rest were ok. I'm going to keep these at home and see how large they get before the fall. I've got around 25 to put in larger roottrapper bags.
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Post by nhmountains on May 20, 2017 17:25:52 GMT -6
These dunstans made it through the winter fine. They look like they will really take off this year.
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 18, 2017 21:26:13 GMT -6
I checked on this chestnut today. I've been letting it grow in with the competition the past 4 years. I will put a cage and window screen on it next weekend and open it up to full sun. It's about 5' tall but, the photo doesn't show well. I believe this is one grown from an oikos nut.
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Post by jbird on Jun 21, 2017 15:16:38 GMT -6
Doubt this adds much to the conversation, but I have my first chestnut burs. The tree was purchased and planted as a 3 gallon tree in 2014. I'm pretty pumped.
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 22, 2017 5:15:57 GMT -6
How about some photos JBird?
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Post by jbird on Jun 22, 2017 10:31:36 GMT -6
How about some photos JBird? I haven't figured out the whole photo thing over here yet. If I figure it out - I'll post a few. In the meantime I have posted them on my property thread on HT and DHF if you want venture to those neighborhoods.
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Post by kabic on Jun 22, 2017 11:15:13 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Jun 22, 2017 14:53:02 GMT -6
Depends on where in the UP. Some parts of the UP are darn near zone 6 I think. If they could survive and thrive near Ontonagon...then maybe they'd make it here. Part of the issue here is inconsistent precip, that isn't an issue in the UP most years. I'll check out your link
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 23, 2017 6:33:07 GMT -6
The UP tends to have lots of snow cover. we can have -35 and little or no snow, or snow up to even the top of Stu's head. Well, at least to the top of my head.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Jun 25, 2017 5:55:51 GMT -6
I saw 2 trees that have chestnuts on them after 5 years in the ground down here in Missouri. Can't wait to see if a few others will produce this year!
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